THEATER 102B

Main Course

K-Pop: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Globalizing Asian Media

Description

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Exploration of K-pop through critical lens of gender queerness, racial plagiarism and passing, cultural appropriation, affective labor, body technology, transmedia, and globality. Study acknowledges that history of globalization and evolution of media ecosystem cannot be studied without considering uneven power dynamics marked by racial and gender hierarchy and digital accessibility. Letter grading.