젠더와 권력

SOC3046: 젠더와 권력 (Gender and Power)

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This course investigates how gender is imbued with power. It covers key topics such as:

  • The concept of gender and sexuality
  • Masculinity and patriarchy
  • The coloniality of gender
  • Feminist epistemology

The course is primarily theoretical, but also incorporates empirical case studies from Korea and beyond.

Students will:

  1. Acquire social scientific knowledge about gender and power
  2. Practice academic communication in multiple formats

Week 1 – Introductory Concepts

  • Introduction to course
  • Basic concepts: sex, gender, gender identity, sexuality, sexual orientation

Week 2 – Masculinity and Femininity I

  • Biological determinism
  • Classical psychoanalysis
  • Role theory

Week 3 – Masculinity and Femininity II

  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • From second-wave to third-wave feminism
    Reading
    • De Beauvoir, S. 1949. The Second Sex

Week 4 – Masculinity and Femininity III

  • R. W. Connell and hegemonic masculinity
  • The third wave as Queer theory
    Reading
    • Connell, R.W. 1987. Gender and Power

Week 5 – Patriarchy and Sexism I

  • Modalities of patriarchy
  • Benevolent vs. hostile sexism
    Reading
    • Glick, P., and Fiske, S. 1997. “Hostile and benevolent sexism”

Week 6 – Patriarchy and Sexism II

  • Women’s responses to patriarchy
    Readings
    • Fredrickson, M, and Roberts, T. 1997. “Objectification Theory”
    • Kandiyoti, C. 1988. “Bargaining with patriarchy”
    • Agarwal, B. 1997. “Bargaining and Gender Relations within and beyond the Household”

Week 7 – The Coloniality of Gender I

  • Colonialism and sexual orientalism

Week 8 – The Coloniality of Gender II

  • Colonial emasculation
    Reading
    • Fanon, F. 1952. Black Skin, White masks

Week 9 – Midterm Exam

Week 10 – Gender in Modern Korean History Readings

  • Kim, V. 2024. “Historical origins of Kpop ‘girl groups’ and the homoerotic triangle”
  • Suzy Kim. 2014. “Mothers and Maidens: Gendered Formation of Revolutionary Heroes in North Korea.”

Week 11 – Feminism under Neoliberalism (Nancy Fraser; Hester Eisenstein) Readings

  • Fraser, N. 2009. “Feminism, Captialism, and the Cunning of History”
  • Sangster, J., and Luxton, M. 2013. “Feminism, co-optation, and the problems of amnesia: a response to Fraser.”

Week 12 – Feminist Science & Epistemology I

  • Primatology and gender
    Readings
    • Hrdy, S. B. (1981). The woman that never evolved
    • Smuts, B. B. (1995). “The evolutionary origins of patriarchy,” Human Nature, 6(1), 1–32.

Week 13 – FFeminist Science & Epistemology II

  • Feminist standpoint theory
  • Feminist empiricism
    Readings
    • Intemann, K. 2010. “25 Years of Feminist Empiricism and Standpoint Theory: Where are We Now?”
    • Jeong, T. 2024. “Epistemic Diversity and Epistemic Advantage”

Week 14 – Feminism in Contemporary South Korea

  • Practicing feminism under backlash
    Reading
    • Jung, G., and Moon, M. 2024. “Quiet feminism in South Korea in the Era of everyday backlash.”

Week 15 – Final Exam