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A Study of New Women’s Femininity through Seung-hee Choi’s Dancing Body and Daily Life 최승희의 춤추는 몸과 일상에 나타난 근대 신여성의 여성성 연구 ×
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ISSN : 2383-5214(Print)
ISSN : 2733-4279(Online)
ISSN : 2733-4279(Online)
Asian Dance Journal Vol.43 pp.197-214
DOI : 10.26861/sddh.2016.43.197
DOI : 10.26861/sddh.2016.43.197
최승희의 춤추는 몸과 일상에 나타난 근대 신여성의 여성성 연구
A Study of New Women’s Femininity through Seung-hee Choi’s Dancing Body and Daily Life
Abstract
This study seeks to interpret how femininity is revealed in Seung-hee Choi’s dancing body and how it was expressed in daily life at a time when patriarchy and the concept of the “new woman” collided. In early modern dance and in later works of Korean traditional material and Oriental images, we see aspects of bold, dignified women. These reveal a feminism that conforms to established male ideals and challenges classical femininity. In contrast, Seung-hee Choi practiced a progressive to her life and to marriage. The romantic relationship she shared with her husband was not like those of radical feminists. Instead, the couple forged a modern marriage that linked them as a mental partner and a mentor of life. The tendency of her work was also affected by her husband, so she created dance of proletarian tendency and then developed Korean dance. Seung-hee Choi succeeded at both her career and marriage. Seung-hee Choi was also a celebrity in her time for emphasizing femininity through her fashion. She retained her bob style hair and wore Western clothes indoors and out. The hats, coats, dresses, clutches, and shoes that she wore were carefully chosen to coordinate with the Art Déco style then in vogue in Paris and the U.S. This form of fashion reveals a graceful, sophisticated, and self-assured femininity.