Portrait of two women : multiple layers of "Confucianism" in late ChosoÌ?n Korea / Youngmin Kim -- The exemplar wife : the life of Lady Chang of Andong in historical context / Lee Soongu -- Confucian educational works for upper status women in ChosoÌ?n Korea / Michael J. Pettid -- Neo-Confucianism as free-floating resource : Im Yunjidang and Kang ChoÌ?ngildang as two female neo-Confucian philosophers in late ChosoÌ?n / Youngmin Kim -- The rights of the eldest daughter-in-law and strengthening of adoption of lineage heirs in the mid-ChosoÌ?n period / Lee Soongu -- Questions concerning widows? social status and remarriage in late ChosoÌ?n / Jung Ji-Young -- Devalued bodies, revalued status : Confucianism and the plight of female slaves in late ChosoÌ?n Korea / Milan Hejtmane