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Gender, Family, and Social Change in South Korea

Explore gender dynamics, family structures, and social transformations in modern South Korean society.

Explore gender dynamics, family structures, and social transformations in modern South Korean society.

This course offers a comprehensive examination of South Korean society's transformation from the late 19th century to the present day, with a focus on changing gender dynamics. Led by professors Hyun Mee Kim and Yoo Theodore Jun, the course explores how shifting concepts of masculinity and femininity have both influenced and been shaped by social, cultural, and political changes. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will analyze how gender intersects with various aspects of Korean society, including Confucian traditions, colonialism, war, modernization, globalization, and neoliberal reforms. Topics covered include traditional views of women, the emergence of the 'New Woman', changing family structures, beauty standards, sexuality, and contemporary feminist movements. The course aims to provide a nuanced understanding of gender issues in Korea within a broader historical and global context.

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Gender, Family, and Social Change in South Korea

This course includes

16 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

2,435

What you'll learn

  • Analyze the historical development of gender roles in Korean society from the Joseon Dynasty to present

  • Understand the impact of Confucianism, colonialism, and modernization on gender dynamics in Korea

  • Examine the transformation of family structures and marriage patterns in contemporary South Korea

  • Analyze changing beauty standards and body aesthetics for both women and men in Korean society

  • Explore issues of sexuality, including its commercialization and the status of sexual minorities in Korea

  • Evaluate the progress and challenges of feminist movements in South Korea

Skills you'll gain

gender dynamics
Korean society
family structure
social change
beauty standards
sexuality
feminist movements

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2 Hours PreRecorded video

7 quizzes

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There are 5 modules in this course

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of gender, family, and social change in contemporary South Korea, tracing developments from the late 19th century to the present. Students will examine the transformation of Korean society through the lens of gender dynamics, analyzing how shifting concepts of masculinity and femininity have both influenced and been shaped by broader social, cultural, and political changes. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including the impact of Confucianism on gender roles, the emergence of the 'New Woman' during the colonial period, changes in family structure, evolving beauty standards, sexuality, and contemporary feminist movements. By employing an interdisciplinary approach, the course offers insights into how gender intersects with various aspects of Korean society, including religion, class, education, imperialism, modernity, war, globalization, and diaspora experiences. The goal is to provide students with a nuanced understanding of gender issues in Korea within a broader historical and global context.

The Gendering of Modernity and Military Authoritarianism

Module 1 · 4 Hours to complete

The (Un)making of the Modern Family

Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete

Female Beauty / Male Beauty & Body Aesthetics

Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete

Sexuality in Korea

Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete

Looking Ahead into the Future...

Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete

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Instructors

Hyun Mee Kim
Hyun Mee Kim

4.8 rating

102 Reviews

23,524 Students

1 Course

Professor

Hyun Mee Kim is a professor of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei University, specializing in the political economy of gender, migration, globalization, and feminist cultural theories. Her research focuses on diverse migrant groups in South Korea, including marriage migrants and asylum seekers. She has authored several works, including *Cultural Translation in a Global Era* and *We Always Leave Home*. Kim has served as a committee member for the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and is active in the Forum on Human Rights for Migrant Women.

Yoo Theodore Jun
Yoo Theodore Jun

4.8 rating

102 Reviews

23,524 Students

1 Course

Professor

Theodore Jun Yoo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University. He previously taught history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a Ph.D. graduate from The University of Chicago. His research focuses on modern Korean literature, history, and culture. He authored *The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea* (2014) and *It's Madness: The Politics of Mental Health in Colonial Korea* (2016) and is working on a new book titled *The Two Koreas: Two Nations in the Modern World*.

Gender, Family, and Social Change in South Korea

This course includes

16 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

2,435

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