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This thesis interprets writer’s post-war gender politics explaining the discourse of body as the distortion of establishment, the overcome of reality, and the pursuit of ideals shown in the text of ｢Cliff of Myth｣ by Han Mal Sook. Han’s perspective of feminism as her gender politics is revealed in the center of body discourse. She sought recovery of women’s value as a marginalized people resisting ready-made institution and repression to undermine humanity through her work. The writer, Han Mal Sook, depicted a situation where Jin Young was forced to live selling her body as a hostess although she was a college students. Throughout the discourse of body, Han showed a growing willingness of women to pursue the value of gender equality orienting dream of art and love for the future. Although sufficient for the vulnerable in terms of attitudes and sexual ethics of intense life, Jinyoung’s absurd life eventually should be understood as gender politics of the writer to show the process of her growth by understanding her value of existence and overcoming the harsh environment after the war. In short, we can find the deep meaning of the body discourse in Han Mal Sook gender politics which extending the gender awareness of post-war female.