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Academic Year 2003/2004

Women and Revolution in China
ALIT 222 SP
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

Shen Fu, SIX RECORDS OF A FLOATING LIFE
Frank Dikotter, SEX, CULTURE, AND MODERNITY IN CHINA: MEDICAL SCIENCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITIES IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD
Rey Chow, WOMEN AND CHINESE MODERNITY
Ono Kazuko, CHINESE WOMEN IN A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION
Margery Wolf, A THRICE TOLD TALE: FEMINISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESPONSIBILITY
Li Ang, THE BUTCHER'S WIFE
Christina Gilmartin, ENGENDERING THE CHINESE REVOLUTION
Jung Chang, WILD SWANS
Bai Hua, THE REMOTE COUNTRY OF WOMEN
Film: SMALL HAPPINESS, TO LIVE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three 3-5 page papers; one 6-10 page final paper.

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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