The Digital Wash Place: Mobile Messaging Apps as New Communal Spaces for Korean ‘Smart Ajummas’

Pages: 63 - 76
Published: Jan 1, 2020
Abstract
This chapter seeks to uncover some of the complex ways in which we might reconsider prevalent conceptions about one of the most misunderstood and most stigmatized demographic group in contemporary Korea: the ajumma (아줌마), which roughly translates to a middle-aged, married woman. It seeks to debunk problematic stereotypes about such women particularly by recasting them as new media users and paying attention to their redefined role in Korean...
Paper Details
Title
The Digital Wash Place: Mobile Messaging Apps as New Communal Spaces for Korean ‘Smart Ajummas’
Published Date
Jan 1, 2020
Pages
63 - 76
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