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ALIT222
Women and Revolution in China
ALIT222 FA
Crosslistings: EAST228, WMST223
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 18 | 0 | Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998
)
This course is divided into three stages. The first explores
new scholarship on the role of elite women in traditional
China of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911)
dynasties. It sets this material in the context of
traditional views on the body, on bodilessness (in the form
of ghostliness), and on masculinity. It also explores
missionary views on Chinese women, which decried their
circumstances as a national shame. The second stage of the
course takes up the issue of revolution. Partly in response
to missionary blandishments, the Communist revolution took
emancipation of women as one of its chief rallying cries. On
a more symbolic level, revolution worked to "engender" China
as masculine, after decades of foreign control. The third
stage of the course considers the position of women in
contemporary China. Here issues of health and reproduction,
work, and the urban/rural dichotomy will be reviewed.
Throughout we will make an effort to identify the
perspective from which Chinese women are observed and to
link this perspective to the way they are described.
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
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA AL&L
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Widmer, E
- Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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