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Field name	Details
Identnummer	1847737528
ISBN	978-0-8248-9487-0
Sprache	eng
Person	Gong, Ji yeong VerfasserIn
Einheitssachtitel	Togani
Titel	Togani / Gong Ji-young ; translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton
Auflage	First printing
Erscheinungsvermerk	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press , 2023
Umfangsangabe	255 Seiten
Reihe	Modern Korean fiction
Zusammenfassung	"Atmospheric and fast-paced, this novel of manners set in a provincial South Korean city leads readers through the silent corridors of a school for hearing-impaired children and the city's foggy back streets and murky centers of power to a stirring courtroom climax. Gong Jiyoung's Togani (The Crucible), published in Korean in 2009, is based on a historic case of child sexual abuse at a state-run institution. The novel went on to sell nearly a million copies and, along with a 2011 film adaptation directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, prompted the South Korean National Assembly to pass the "Togani Laws" to provide greater legal protections for children and vulnerable adults under state care and harsher penalties for those convicted of their abuse. At a time when Korean popular culture drives cultural production worldwide, Togani reminds us of the power of fiction to effect meaningful societal change. A story of courage in the face of corruption, Togani offers nuanced portraits of a failed young businessman seeking a new life as a teacher and his counterpart, a young woman committed to a career in human rights; a police officer of humble origins who rose through the ranks as he turns a blind eye to the abuse of students by the school's administrators; and a hearing-impaired teenage girl, a victim of that abuse, who cares deeply for the other children at the school. The book testifies to the legacy of neo-Confucian class conflict, gender disparity, and the vulnerability of those near the bottom of the social ladder. It is a heart-wrenching and provocative work that helped bring about change to a system it dared to challenge"--
Schlagwörter	Deaf children Abuse of
	Child sexual abuse by teachers
	Novels of manners
Schlagwort	Südkorea
	Kind
	Sexueller Missbrauch
	Gehörlosenschule
	Menschenrecht Motiv
	Roman
Weitere Verfasser	Fulton, Bruce ÜbersetzerIn
Weitere Verfasser	Fulton, Ju-Chan ÜbersetzerIn
Andere physische Form	9780824895242
	9780824895259
	9780824895235
	Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Gong, Ji-young Togani Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2023 9780824895242
Signatur	1 b 822
Quelle	Koreanische Sprache und Literatur,

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