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This course examines various philosophies within the Buddhist tradition, such as the atomists, the idealists, and the schools that claim that ultimate reality is beyond the scope of words. The role of meditation and morality in relation to these schools is also discussed. The course introduces students to Buddhist philosophy as it evolved in India, China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet. The course ends with an examination of contemporary Buddhism. (Crosslisted: PHIL 350) Prerequisite: PHIL 110
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A course introducing modern and contemporary Asian American literature, including oral histories, novels, poetry, and memoir. These works will be examined within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Authors may include Kingston, Hwang, Mukherjee, Jen, Hagedorn, Yamanaka, Hongo, and Bulosan. (Cross-listed: ENG 351) Prerequisite: ENG 150
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An examination of the significant works of literature of India, from the colonial period to the present. Course may focus on modern or contemporary authors, including the Indian Diaspora, and will offer an opportunity to examine these works within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Authors may include Ahmed Ali, Premchand, R. K. Narayan, Rabindranath Tagore, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Arundhati Roy. (Cross-listed: ENG 353) Prerequisite: ENG 150 and ENG 200 or ASN 201
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This course examines the history of women and gender in modern South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We analyze the historical processes that transformed women's lives, and consider how women themselves negotiated or subverted these processes in their own interest. Major themes and topics include: the transformation of gender through colonialism and nationalism, the emergence of women's movements, women's labor andglobalization, and gender in the South Asian Diaspora. (Cross-listed: WS 356, HIST 355) Prerequisites: WS 110 or 150, or AACS 150
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This course examines women and gender in Islamic societies in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. Beginning with an overview of pre-modern history, the course focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include: women's roles in production and reproduction, gender ideologies and representations of Muslim women, and the development of feminist, nationalist, and Islamist movements. Throughout the course, we also interrogate our own categories of analysis. What makes a particular society 'Islamic' and is this the best way to defineour topic? How does our position in the U.S. shape our understanding of Muslim women? How do culture and politics come together to shape women's roles and rights? (Cross-listed: WS 359, HIST 359) Prerequisites: WS 110 or 150, or AACS 150
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Japan has had one of the world's strongest and most creative cinema traditions, dating back to the invention of motion pictures. It has produced some of the greatest directors, actors, and themes in cinema history, and its influence in contemporary culture outside of Japan, especially through its anime off-shoots, are now standard fare world-wide. This course examines what Japanese cinema can teach us about the making of contemporary Japan. It will be dedicated to a special theme that engages the class in an historical quest to show how we can better understand the making of modern Japan though the history of its cinema. (Cross-listed: HIST 364) Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
This course will look at how war and the preparation for war have affected the lives, hopes, and images of women around the world. It will examine roles of women in war, military service, and militarism in societal development in world history primarily since the eighteenth century with these questions central: What roles have women played in war? Are women victims of conflict alone or are they active participants as well? And how has war helped shape female roles, gender stereotypes, and national mythologies? A broad comparative framework, exploring "Western" and "non-Western" societal experience aanalytical approaches, will be adoped throughout. Prerequisite: AACS 150 or AACS 155 or WS 110 or WS 150
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The foundations of Chinese civilization. Analyzes China's religions, philosophies, government, economics, family and society, and attempts to bring into focus those aspects of Chinese civilization that have a direct bearing on our understanding of the Chinese today. (Cross-listed: HIST 370) Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
This course examines Chinese cinema since the "Fifth Generation" of Chinese filmmakers in the mid-1980s. In contemporary China, cinema has become an important artistic form reflecting diverse social dynamics and drastic changes in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The course will develop a better understanding of changing Chinese culture by analyzing cinematic texts and the new development in the era of globalization. Although focus is placed on the works from Mainland China, films from Taiwan and Hong Kong will also be discussed. (Taught in English.) (Cross-listed CHIN 375) Asian Studies 171
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to expose the students to the richness of the culture and literatures of women from indigenous communities, and the systematic oppression that they have been/are subject to due to race, caste, gender, and class. The communities will include Native American, Australian Aborigine, and Dalit women from India. The traditional and historical status of these women in relation to their social, economic and political status today will be discussed. These silenced voices of women will be presented and analyzed in the forms of individual stories, memoirs, songs, poetry, and fiction of the women from these three communities. Significant texts in translated literary forms and works will be used as primary resources. This course will involve reading literary works and dealing with them via lecture, class discussions, small group discussions, and writing about significant aspects of the literatures. (Cross-listed: WS 376 and ENG 376)
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