Exam 2 Flashcards

Question

Seungsook Moon, Regulating Desire

Answer 1

Moon argues that sex work was systematically regulated by the gov't. It's because you need an ID card to be a sex worker, and in order to keep it, you have to routinely go to the doctor and be checked for VD. no ID = you go to the monkey house to be detained. hegemonic masculinity; aka, the 'dominant' masculinity. man is family provider, male mandatory military serice, male distance from domestic repsonsibility all causing levels of privilege. **MASCULINITY DEFINED BY EARNING POWER** Prostitution was essential to maintaining USA empire.

Answer 2

by the 70s SK women on the street as percieved as sexually available. this is a result of sex workers in SK camptowns surrounding US military bases in the Korean War era. Clandestine sex work comes to the US military bases as the gov't pulls out of SK, emergency of mandatory VD checks

Answer 3

4.19 is an incomplete revolution, it's interrelated with 5.16. They generated and were generated by widespread perceptions of historical transition from colonial past to postcolonial rule. from bloody tuesday (rhee) to the military coup (park), want to move away from the colonial past.

Answer 4

vietnam was and SK nationbuilding. Vietman lets SK transform into an economic subempire, placing USA above SK, and SK above Vietnam. SK says that's the benevolent protected of refugees, but it's cultural amnecia -- ethnic homogeneity myth is maintained, allowing SK to ignore historical guilt/responsibility for mistreatment of refugees. good vs. bad asians ethnic diversity was selectively erased to preserve the preferred Sk narrative -- that ethnic diversity began bc of 1990s globalization.

Answer 5

minjung are the participants and they are lead by the undongkwan. their goal: create an alternative democratic space since it is not being provided by the state. they create narratives of the past and bring attention to the undiscussed past; they imagine themselves as the true subjects of history. the real subjects of history are the masses, not the rulers. argues that the movement was a project to reevaluate history, since they rectify the public memory of Jeju, KW, 4.19, 5.18, etc. Not seen as martyrs until Kim Young-Sam.

Answer 6

1999. Certain groups are legally included as quasicitizens of the SK state, while other groups become legal outsiders. created a new kind of visa. contention over the criteria that define 'korea' and the legitimacy of who's making these decisions. trying to build the globalized SK nation-state. leads to labor force disputes since majority of laborers are Chinese-Korean.

Answer 7

1953-89 -- defector, hero 90s -- ethnic k, refugee 2000s+ -- economic migrant 'arrivals' from the NK have been interpreted differently in the post-cold war era. SK ID is formed in relation to others, aka; NK -- SK defines ID as 'not NK' but when NK citizens are naturalized as SK citizens, then SK is forced to re-evaluate its identity, hence the changing terms. NK's are liminal; never NK, never SK, but instead something else.

Answer 8

In the neoliberal economy, younger people adjust quickly but the old do not. people who cannot effectively transition to the new economy (lower income self employed, irregular workers) become a core part of the labor market. increasing growth in sense of job insecurity, little prospects for promotion or social mobility. insecurity compounded by high housing costs and Seoul as the center of everything; outer regions struggle as younger gens leave for Seoul.

Answer 9

claims that the previous gov't was corrupt and inept and nearly handed SK over to the communist North. goal: eradicate poverty, anti-communism a core part of SK identity and policy, economic development, family planning. temporary suppression of politial activity to get the new gov't on its feet. 5-year plan to create a self-supporting industrial economy **Gov't is adjusting existing systems to help accumulate private capital**

Answer 10

park, attempting to stifle opposition. make it illegal to oppose the gov't. according to this one (May 1975), any critique of the gov't is criminalized. purposefully vague so it could be employed against anybody and everybody. jailtime of 'no less than one year' so you could be imprisoned for a very long time, achieves its result, Korean media caves under the pressure and the opposition loses its voice.

Answer 11

written by mothers whose students are serving long prison terms as political prisoners for demonstrating democratically against the Park dictatorship. emphasize the students' democratic actions, their adherence to Christianity and Jesus Christ. Scared that the visit will perpetuate the authoritarian regime.

Answer 12

1985. reflects on national reunification, says to have democracy you must have free press and elections. you only get a secure nation when the people have something worth defending. the economy is preoccupied solely with growth, which leads to crippling rural debt and uneven development martyrdom

Answer 13

1998, during financial meltdown. collusion between banks and gov't causes the crisis. we need a small, effective gov't, we need to promote competititon. education reform, the middle class is the heart of the nation, and national security is independent collective security --> we have to try for reunification.

Answer 14

documentary that chronicled Gwangju. highlights the Jeolla region and Kim DJ, since it's his power base and he was constantly fighting for democracy in SK. shows the brutality of Chun's suppression on 5.18, we can see that Chun is reviled. interview with Kim DJ about his involvement.