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Academic Year 2003/2004

Women and Revolution in China
ALIT 222 FA
Crosslistings:
WMST 223
EAST 228

China's government has changed dramatically over the past century. With each stage of revolution, the position of women has also changed. Using mostly literature and film as sources, the course explores the hopes of Chinese reformers (male and female) on behalf of women and the successes and failures (or sites of resistance to change) they have encountered. Tensions between city and country, communists and capitalists, and mainland China and Taiwan will be of particular interest. Contentious issues like abortion, breastfeeding, retirement, and marriage resistance will also be considered.

MAJOR READINGS

Dorothy Ko, TEACHERS OF THE INNER CHAMBERS: WOMEN AND CULTURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA Susan Mann, PRECIOUS RECORDS, WOMEN IN CHINA'S LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Frank Dikotter, SEX, CULTURE, AND MODERNITY IN CHINA: MEDICAL SCIENCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITIES IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD Margery Wolf, A THRICE TOLD TALE: FEMINISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESPONSIBILITY Christina Gilmartin, ENGENDERING THE CHINESE REVOLUTION Shi Naian and Lo Guanshong, THE WATER MARGIN Edgar Snow, RED STAR OVER CHINA Su Tong, RAISE THE RED LANTERN (film) Zhang Yimou, RAISE THE RED LANTERN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Examinations and Assignments not known

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AL&L    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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