'DID you know that Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' is banned in some public libraries in South Korea because it may promote bad gender sensitivity in young people?'
'DID you know that Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' is banned in some public libraries in South Korea because it may promote bad gender sensitivity in young people?'Thus begins the post of Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, a professor of philosophy at Kyung Hee University in Korea. I first met Alex at the Critical Studies international conference held at Ateneo de Manila University in December 2019, with Dr. Lulu Torres Reyes as the angel behind the scene.
It conveys protagonist Yeong-hye's struggle to maintain bodily agency in response to her husband's disgust at her decision , her brother-in-law's erotic fascination with it and her father's violent acts, force-feeding her pork. ''The Vegetarian' offers an extended insight into patriarchal control of the female body, and has been described as an anti-capitalist and eco-feminist revolt.
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