Unveil The Invisible†: Addressing Stigma Towards Unwed Mothers in Korea Through Ethnodrama

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· 발행기관 : 한국교육연극학회
· 수록지 정보 : 교육연극학 / 12권 / 1호 / 85 ~ 122페이지
· 저자명 : 마수현

초록

This research primarily aims to reveal the nature of stigma confronting unwed mothers in Korea through the process of creating an ethnodrama. In this process, participants were carefully recruited and the research data were collected through individual and focus group interviews. Along with interview transcripts, field notes and reflective journals made during these interviews were also taken into consideration during the data analysis. Through thematic analysis process, this research delved into accounts of Korean unwed mothers through several cycles of different coding methods in order to understand the nature of stigma to which these women are subjected and to best capture the essence of their narratives. Five themes of stigma emerged from this process: (1) Unilateral, irresponsible abandonment, (2) Invisible member of the family, (3) The 21st century obscene neo-leper, (4) Handed-down scarlet letters, and (5) Systematic outcast. The culminating result of this research is an ethnodrama Unveil the Invisible in which these women’s narratives are carefully woven around those five themes, bringing them to a conscious level where one can understand better of their experiences, by whom they are stigmatized, and how they think and feel. Gaining knowledge into the power dynamics and modality of discrimination against these mothers is an important finding of this research. The ethnodrama Unveil the Invisible recounts these women’s stories as candidly and directly as possible and encourages to reevaluate existing prejudice against these mothers.

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