Exploring human and divine feminine: A documentary journey through Goddess Mother representation across cultures
By Ana Stjelja Poet, translator and publisher (Serbia) BELGRADE: The documentary “Mother Goddess” by Srđan Marković explores the theme of womanhood. It is not a feminist documentary and does not focus on the topic of feminism. It is a film about woman as an archetype, a mother, and a creator. One who has been and […]
Film based on feminist novel sparks anti-feminist backlash in South Korea
Seoul: The movie “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next month, with some men announcing a boycott of the story that has emerged as a symbol of women’s struggles in patriarchal South Korea. The 2016 work by novelist […]
Female voices, feminism increase dominance on Korean literary scene
“Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982,” a revealing feminist novel, made a splash on the literary scene late last year, selling more than 1 million copies in South Korea, the country’s first million-seller novel since “Please Look After Mom” in 2009 by Shin Kyung-sook. The book by Cho Nam-joo debuted rather modestly in October 2016 […]
How feminist book ‘Kim Ji-young’ became million-seller
“Kim Ji-young Born in 1982,” a novel describing the life of an ordinary Korean housewife on a career break, has sold 1 million copies as of Nov. 27, just over two years after its release in October 2016. This is the first Korean novel to have sold over 1 million copies in nearly a decade, […]
‘Kim Ji-young Born in 1982’ is best-selling Asian book in Japan
“Kim Ji-young Born in 1982,” a novel describing the life of an ordinary Korean housewife on a career break, has become the best-seller in the Asian literature category of the online shopping site Amazon Japan. The Japanese version of Korea’s popular feminism novel was published in Japan on Dec. 8. It ranked No. 1 in […]