Goodbye Madame Butterfly, Hello Sexless Marriage

The Grand Narrative East Asia, Korean Families, Korean Sexuality, Marriage, Sexual Relationships June 13, 2012October 9, 2019

See here for my latest Busan Haps article, a review of Sumie Kawakami’s Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman. Any readers have similar horror stories about sexless Korean marriages to share?

Published June 13, 2012October 9, 2019

4 thoughts on “Goodbye Madame Butterfly, Hello Sexless Marriage”

Syhming Vong says:

June 14, 2012 at 7:17 pm

Sorry to nitpick, but I think you’ve picked the wrong ‘canon,’ in the line, “With little in literary cannon…” under the image.

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James Turnbull says:

June 14, 2012 at 8:12 pm

Erk! Thanks, I’ll pass it on to the editor.

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1. James Turnbull says:
  
  June 15, 2012 at 8:43 am
  
  Fixed now! :)
  
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