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Exploring South Korean Womens Experiences in Aesthetic Exercise : 한국 여성의 에스테틱 건강운동 경험 탐색: 포스트 식민주의 페미니즘의 관점에서
A Postcolonial Feminist Approach

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dc.contributor.advisor권순용-
dc.contributor.author김윤정-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T04:05:45Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-30T04:05:45Z-
dc.date.issued2021-02-
dc.identifier.other000000165193-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/175529-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dcollection.snu.ac.kr/common/orgView/000000165193ko_KR
dc.description학위논문 (박사) -- 서울대학교 대학원 : 사범대학 체육교육과, 2021. 2. 권순용.-
dc.description.abstract본 연구의 목적은 한국 여성의 건강운동 경험과 미디어
자료를 탐색하여 에스테틱 건강운동(aesthetic exercise)의 형성과
특징을 이해하고 여성들의 건강운동 참여 현상을 포스트 식민주의
페미니즘의 관점에서 해석하고자 한다. 총 12명의 한국 여성들이
연구참여자로 선정되었으며 그들의 경험을 내부자(insider)의
관점에서 심층면담과 참여관찰을 통해 자료수집이 진행되었다.
참여대상자들은 요가, 필라테스 혹은 폴댄스에 참여하는 20대30대의 여성으로 구성되었다. 또한 한국의 여성잡지를 선정하여
미디어 텍스트와 이미지들 수집하여 참여자들이 생활하는 문화적
배경을 이해하고자 하였다. 이 현상을 서양이 아닌 (non-Western)
사회와 문화의 여성들의 특성과 사회∙문화∙경제 배경을 고려한
포스트 식민주의 페미니스트 관점에서 본 연구를 해석하고자 한다.

연구참여자들은 살을 빼기 위한 목적으로 운동을
시작했으며 과거에 운동경험의 부족으로 "여성에게 적절한
(female appropriate) 운동을 선택한 것을 알 수 있었다.
그들에게는 여성에게 적절한 운동은 접근성과 미디어의 영향으로
요가, 필라테스 혹은 폴댄스에 참여하게 되었다. 그들은
아름다움과 외모의 사회적 기준에 도달하기 위해 다이어트에
참여하는 것으로 나타났으며 미디어와 셀레브러티의 영향을 크게
받았다. 반면에 SNS를 통해 보여지는 한국의 미적 노동(aesthetic
labor)에 대한 저항과 여성 운동 (womens movement)은
연구참여대상에게 깊은 영향을 미치지 않았으며 여성 운동에 참여
하지 않았다.
본 연구는 서양이 아닌 사회의 여성에 초점을 맞추고
사회∙경제적 지위를 고려한 포스트 식민주의 페미니스트 접근을
통해 연구참여자가 참여하고 있는 운동의 의미를 살펴보았다.
연구참여자들은 본인의 운동은 경제적 지위를 상징하는 것으로
나타났다. 각자 참여하고 있는 운동의 특성에 따라
연구참여자들은 운동이 상징하는 가치를 다르게 표현했다. 예를
들어, 요가 참여자들은 몸의 변화와 명상에 초점을 맞췄으며
필라테스 참여자들은 개인의 운동능력을 향상시키고 자격증

프로그램 과정에 참여를 했고, 폴댄스 참여자들은 폴댄스의
참여로 본인을 empower할 수 있는 방법으로 생각했으며 대회
참가에 보람을 느끼는 것으로 보였다. 또한 포스트 식민주의
페미니스트의 관점에서 바라보았을 때 참여자들은 애플 힙과
같은 신체 유형은 서양의 영향을 받은 것으로 해석이 되었고
한국적인 것이 아니다라는 주장도 했으며 마치 바비인형과
비슷한 몸매를 권유하는 사회적 기준이 형성된 것으로 표현을
했다.
미디어 자료는 셀레브러티의 운동을 활용한 다이어트
비법과 경험을 공유하고 참여대상자들은 미디어에 비춰지는
여성의 날씬한 신체를 달성하고자 하였다. 이처럼 "여성 적절한"
운동은 에스테틱 건강운동(aesthetic exercise)을 형성하는 특징으로
볼 수 있었다. 따라서, 한국 여성의 경험과 미디어를 통해
에스테틱 건강운동의 형성과 여성들이 운동에 참여하는 동기,
그리고 이 현상을 기존 서양이 중심이 되었던 페미니즘에서
벗어나 포스트 식민주의 페미니스트 접근을 통해 해석했다.
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dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on exploring the experiences of Korean women participating in exercises such as yoga, Pilates and pole dance and media contents from a Korean womens magazine to understand how their experiences configure the mechanism of aesthetic exercise as well as the meanings of their experience in relation to the cultural and social context of Korean society through a postcolonial feminist approach. A total of 12 women were selected as research participants. Their experiences were collected through in-depth interviews and participation observations from an insider stance. In addition, media texts and images from a popular Korean womens magazine, Woman Sense, were collected to understand the cultural landscape in which the participants were surrounded in. This study examines the phenomenon of womens raising participation in aesthetic exercises through a postcolonial feminist approach in which considers the women of non-Western societies and cultures as well as regarding their social, cultural and economic status in interpreting their experiences.
It was found that most of the research participants began exercises to lose weight and chose female appropriate exercises – such as yoga and Pilates, according to media and participant perceptions— as a result of their lack of past experience in exercise, physical activities or sports. These types of exercises were an easier access for the participants. They chose to get involved in dieting and losing weight to reach social standards of beauty and appearance. It was evident that media and celebrities had an important role in the engagement of participants to take part in exercises and beauty related activities including facial and body reconstruction injections. Media contents played the role as the supply and celebrities as the supplier. Furthermore, media outlets portraying resistance to aesthetic labor and activity of womens movement in Korea did not have great influence on the research participants. Moreover, participants did not engage in SNS hashtag movements that resemble the resistance of aesthetic labor.
Through a postcolonial feminist approach – which focuses on females in non-Western societies and in consideration of social and economic status— the participants mention their participation in exercise as a symbol of status. However, participants interpreted their experiences differently according to their participated exercise. For example, yoga participants focus on body changes and mindfulness; Pilates participants later participate in instructor certification programs to personally enhance their ability and not to become full-time instructors; and pole dance participants take part in domestic and international competitions to challenge themselves as well as a tool for self-empowerment. It is noticed that their participation in aesthetic exercise rotates around their economic and social status as well as their personal understanding of self-femininity.
In addition, the body image in which participants desire to gain and media illustrations of attractive female bodies represent characteristics of Westernized looks. The womans magazine portrays several articles of celebrity dieting experiences. They all show slim and thin body images of females and introduce exercises and workouts that initially focus on females. The characteristics from female appropriate exercises added in constructing aesthetic exercise. Thus, through the experiences of Korean women and media content constructed aesthetic exercise as an emerging category in which women have shaped through their understanding of exercise experience and social and cultural content.
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dc.description.tableofcontentsAbstract i
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables ix
List of Graphs & Pictures x
CHAPTER I. Introduction 1
1.1 Research Purpose 6
1.2. Research Questions 7
CHAPTER II. Literature Review 8
2.1. Contextual Background 8
2.1.1. Social and cultural context of Korea 8
2.1.2. Influence of education on girls and women in sports and physical activities 13
2.1.3. Contemporary Korea and politics of body 17
2.1.4. Development of female-appropriate exercises 22
2.2. Body Discourses 38
2.2.1. Body discourse and management in Western literature 38
2.2.2. Body discourse and management in Korea 43
2.2.3. Media representation of body in Korea 47
2.3. Theoretical Background 51
2.3.1. Concepts of feminism 51
2.3.2. Korean women and the female movement 53
2.2.3. Postcolonialism and Korea 57
2.2.4. Orientalism: The other women 62
2.2.5. Postcolonial feminism 65
CHAPTER III. Methods 69
3.1. Qualitative research and viewpoint 69
3.2. The Role of the Researcher 74
3.2.1. The insider: Researcher background 75
3.3. Research Setting 78
3.4. Data Collection 80
3.4.1. Research participants 81
3.4.2. Participation observations 83
3.4.3. In-depth interviews 85
3.4.4. Media text 86
3.5. Data Analysis 87
3.5. Strategies for Trustworthiness of the Study 90
CHAPTER IV. Findings & Discussions 93
4.1. Participation in Aesthetic Exercises 94
4.1.1. Beginning aesthetic exercise 96
4.1.2. Exercise as an aesthetic tool 105
4.1.3. Losing, but with variety 113
4.2. Mechanism of Aesthetic Exercise 126
4.2.1. The supply and the supplier of social standards: Media and celebrities 131
4.2.2. Conforming to social standards of appearance 137
4.2.3. Womens movement and aesthetic labor 142
4.3. The Postcolonial Her 149
4.3.1. Patriarchal society and male gaze 151
4.3.2. Her body image 154
4.3.3. Class and status 162
CHAPTER V. Concluding Remarks 170
5.1. Social and Cultural Dynamics of Aesthetic Exercise and Female Participation in Exercise 170
5.2. Influence of Social Standards on the Mechanism of Female Physical Appearance 180
5.3. Intersection of Gender, Race and Class through a Postcolonial Feminist Approach 185
Limitations of the study 191
Suggestions for future studies 193
REFERENCES 196
APPENDIX viii
국문초록 xvi
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dc.format.extentx, 258-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisher서울대학교 대학원-
dc.subjectexercise participation-
dc.subjectKorean women-
dc.subjectpostcolonial feminist approach-
dc.subjectbody image-
dc.subjectmedia influence-
dc.subjectinsider approach-
dc.subject한국여성의 운동참여-
dc.subject몸 이미지-
dc.subject포스트 식민페미니스트 접근-
dc.subject내부자 접근방식-
dc.subject미디어 분석-
dc.subject.ddc796-
dc.titleExploring South Korean Womens Experiences in Aesthetic Exercise-
dc.title.alternative한국 여성의 에스테틱 건강운동 경험 탐색: 포스트 식민주의 페미니즘의 관점에서-
dc.typeThesis-
dc.typeDissertation-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthorYunjung Kim-
dc.contributor.department사범대학 체육교육과-
dc.description.degreeDoctor-
dc.date.awarded2021-02-
dc.title.subtitleA Postcolonial Feminist Approach-
dc.contributor.major스포츠사회학전공-
dc.identifier.uciI804:11032-000000165193-
dc.identifier.holdings000000000044▲000000000050▲000000165193▲-
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