GENDER 131Feminist Politics in Korea and Diaspora
Gender Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Examination of gender, religion, and social movements in Korea and Korean diaspora through interdisciplinary feminist and critical area studies approach. Use of postcolonial, anti-racist, and intersectional feminist lens to discuss Korea and Korean diaspora as site of inquiry and field of knowledge. Close examination of several contemporary political issues, focusing on salient political theologies and oppositional social movements mobilized by religious groups, and wide range of ideas, institutions, and practices that are animated by complex politics of gender, sexuality, and religion. Topics include Korean and transnational diasporic activism concerning war, imperialism, and militarism; anticommunism and xenophobia; pro-democracy movements and labor organizing; Catholic and Buddhist solidarity and sanctuary geographies; heteropatriarchy and urban megachurches; faith-based pacifism and conscientious objection to military conscription.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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