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: