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A Study on the Female Body in Park Kyung-ri’s The Land- With a focus resistance against biological determinism - Lee Mi-hwa Telling stories in the backdrop of Joseon society dominated by the traditional male-centric patriarchical mentality, Park Kyung-ri’s The Land needs analysis of the female body to understand the oppressive situations facing the female characters. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the body of a female character made resistance in the novel. The findings would offer a detailed picture of the female characters’ determination of resistance against oppressive situations and promote a closer understanding of the female characters. In particular, the study focused on Guinyeo and Imine to discuss the resisting female body against biological determinism. Their resistance was to positively distribute the dichotomous male-oriented sex that had already been instilled since Guinyeo and Imine showed “nature=the body=indeterministic.”