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Women and Revolution in China
ALIT222 SP
Crosslistings: WMST223,EAST228
China's government has changed dramatically over the past century. With each stage of revolution the position of women has also changed. Through a combination of literary and political 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 explored.
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
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Examinations and Assignments not known
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:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AL&L
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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