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Cookbooks and Female Writers in Late Chosŏn Korea
- Seoul Journal of Korean Studies
- The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies
- Volume 29, Number 1, June 2016
- pp. 133-157
- 10.1353/seo.2016.0000
- Article
- Additional Information
This article examines the history of Korean cookbooks and their female authors in the late Chosŏn period. Two female authors of cookbooks—Chang Kyehyang 張桂香 (1598–1680) and Yi Pinghŏgak 李憑虛閣 (1759–1824)—used letters and texts for the purpose of communication with and knowledge transmission to women, and in the process shaped an autonomous space for the female reading public. Prior to these female cookbook writers, male scholars were the sole authority on keeping records on Korean food, which they included as part of East Asian knowledge books (Ch.