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This paper analyzes the representation of Indian women in Korean print media during the 1920s and 1930s. Special attention is given to Sarojini Naidu, a poetess and nationalist. Indian women, in particular Naidu, were focused upon during this period. These were strong and proactive women who brought about change in society, a view that was politically motivated. By describing Indian women in a positive manner, the Korean media obliquely sought to criticize their own oppressive colonizers. Just as the image of Indian women as passive victims had been partly used to rationalize British colonial intervention, the representation of strong Indian women helped the Koreans indirectly to critique colonial control. This Korean perception, however, did not imply a progressive or liberal trend. Despite the positive interpretations of strong Indian women and the efforts made to present gender role models portraying Indian women as energetic to their Korean counterparts, the underlying attitudes in all such reports and comments were extremely patriarchal in that they focused on women with authentic and proven femininity.
