HISTORY 2306 - Gender,Sexuality,and Power in Modern China

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

GIS, GSS This course explores the roles of gender and sexuality in the construction of social and political power in China over the last 500 years. Its point of departure is the traditional areas of focus for scholars of gender and sexuality in China: footbinding, the cloistering of women, and the masculinization of public space; the transformations of Confucian age-sex hierarchies within the family; the women's rights movements of the early 20th century; and the communist revolution's ambivalent legacy for women in the People's Republic of China. Drawing on recent historical and anthropological literature, students analyze the functions of gender in many other aspects of modern Chinese life, including constructions of masculinity and male identity during the late imperial period (1368-1911), the role of gender categories in constructions of Han Chinese relations with both Asian nomadic peoples and Euro-American imperialists, and the relation of China's women's movement torecent trends in Euro-American feminism and gender studies.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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