Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China

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Course Description

Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, postsocialist celebrations of sensuality, and emergent queer politics. Readings range from feminist theory to China-focused historiography, ethnography, memoir, biography, fiction, essay, and film. All course materials are in English.

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Grading Basis

RLT - Letter (ABCD/NP)

Min

3

Max

5

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Exploring Difference and Power (EDP), Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII)

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

FEMGEN250 is a completion requirement for: