KOREA 184Women in History: Korea
Korean · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Examination of Korean history from perspective of women. Because gender roles and identities are social constructs and thus vary over time and place, consideration of how concepts relating to gender have been continuously reconstructed. Examination of how premodern women’s identities formed through continual negotiation by women and men with larger processes of political, social, and cultural changes, such as formation of centralized bureaucratic systems, rise of aristocratic social system, and propagation of, and challenges to, Confucian social norms. Examination of how after opening of Korea to West and its aftermath brought about changes in women’s education, employment, social/legal status, especially in context of colonialism, war, democratization, and economic development. Covers current issues concerning gender in 21st-century Korea.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
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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Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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