Tuesday: Democratization, the 386 Generation, Globalization and the Currency Crisis of 1987, Kim Dae Jung and neoliberal restructuring.
Thursday: Hyosuni, Misoni and anti-Americanism in 2002; Mad Cow Disease and the Myungbak Lee Administration
Begin Term Paper this Week (assignment posted afternoon of November 3rd)
Discussion (summary due)
- What does Koo say are the dominant trends among the middle class today?
- To whwat extent does Koo find South Korea unique, and to what extent typical of advanced economies?
- What is the chungsanch'ung and why is it important? What's the difference between classes based on objective criteria, and those based on consciousness?
- How do middle classes distinguish themselves? Is Korea different from the US or Europe in this regard?
Reading:
- Hagen Koo , Privilege and Anxiety, Chapters 1, 2 & 3
- One of the following:
- Myungji Yang, "Shrewd Entrepreneurs or Immoral Speculators? Desires, Speculation, and Middle-Class Housewives in South Korea, 1978-1996," in Gender and Class in Contemporary South Korea(ed. Hae Yeon Choo, John Lie, and Laura Nelson (Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2019), 37-60 (chapter 3) (available on course website)
- Jee Eun Regina Song, "Soybean Paste Girl: The Cultural and Gender Politics of Coffee Consumption in Contemporary South Korea," Journal of Korean Studies 19(2):429-48. (available electronically in UW library).