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Beautiful and Useless

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Beautiful and Useless
Author
Kim Min Jeong
Co-Author
-
Translator
Soeun Seo
Publisher
Black Ocean
Published Year
2020
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry

Original Title
아름답고 쓸모없기를
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Areumdapgo sseulmoeopgireul
ISBN
9781939568366
Page
96
Volume
-

About the Author

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  • Kim Min Jeong
  • Birth : 1976 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer, Translator
  • First Name : Min Jeong
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김민정
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 7
About the Original Work
아름답고 쓸모없기를
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Descriptions
  • English(English)

n Beautiful and Useless, Kim Min Jeong exposes the often funny and contradictory rifts that appear in the language of everyday circumstance. She uses slang, puns, cultural referents, and ‘naughty, unwomanly” language in order to challenge readers to expand their ideas of not only what a poem is, but also how women should speak. In this way Kim undermines patriarchal authority by displaying the absurd nature of gender expectations. But even larger than issues of gender, these poems reveal the illogical systems of power behind the apparent structures that govern the logic of everyday life. By making the source of these antagonisms and gender transgressions visible, they make them less powerful. This skillful translation from Soeun Seo and Jake Levine, brings the full playfulness and intelligence of Kim’s lyricism to English-language readers.

 

Source : https://www.blackocean.org/catalog1/beautiful-and-useless

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