“I Only Need Sunlight and Water”: Becoming Ethics and Local Corporeal Resistance of East Asia in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
Abstract
The motif of laceration mirrors the body’s inherent porosity. The animal, plant, and human bodies that make up the landscape are—literally and figuratively—open. (Pinettes, 30)In 2024, Han Kang was...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Literature: history
themes
analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Women s Studies
- Pages
- 1–20
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN