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Bittersweet Joke
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Icarus Films
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:August 2013
Audience:Higher Education
High School
Running Time:52 minutes
Physical Description:(Null)
Language:Korean with English subtitles
Author:Paik Yeonah
Subject:Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:Discrimination
Gender Roles
Social Commentary
Region:East Asia
Country:South Korea



Abstract:

There remains a strong social taboo against single parenthood in South Korea, where single mothers are still referred to as "unwed".  Bittersweet Joke is the first Korean film in which single mothers appear with their faces unobscured, and speak frankly about problems they face in a society that treats them as a problem.




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