Work and Sexuality

The volume is composed of nine papers on work and sexuality written by Korean writers on Korean situation. The task of delineating the relationship between work and (gendered) sexuality, and redefining work in relation to this patriarchal capitalist society is what feminist theorists must undertake.
As one expression of that undertaking, the editorial board of Theoria: A Journal of Feminist Theories and Practice (issued by The Center for Women's Culture and Feminist Theories) planned to publish an English book on work and sexuality for the occasion of the 9th International interdisciplinary Congress on Women. This book attempts to deal with the question of sex-work, emotional work, "entertaining" work in South Korea as well as that of South Korean women's labor movement.

Part 1 offers a theoretical approach on the relationship of work and sexuality. Part 2 is on sex-work, emotional work, and work named "entertainment". These three all indicates the particular characteristics of women's work. Part 3 focuses on the representaion of women in the mainstream Korean labor movement and the challenge of the women's labor movement in Korea. Part 4 looks at the possibility of the different direction under the capitalistic patriarchy which put women in the position of part time or irregular workers. The two papers raise a question about what can be done. They attempt to change the direction towards the building of different community that can reject the capitalistic patriarchal system and deconstruct the boundary between production and work.