printer friendly pageCHINGEN 143: Images of Women in Ancient China and Greece (CHINGEN 243, CLASSICS 143, CLASSICS 243)
(Formerly
CLASSGEN 153/253.) Representation of women in ancient Chinese and Greek texts. How men viewed women and what women had to say about themselves and their societies. Primary readings in poetry, drama, and didactic writings. Relevance for understanding modern concerns; use of comparison for discovering historical and cultural patterns.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 146: Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Anthropology of Chinese Folk Religion (CHINGEN 246)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Festa, P. (PI)
CHINGEN 150: Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China (CHINGEN 250, FEMGEN 150, FEMGEN 250)
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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Lee, H. (PI)
;
Parker, L. (TA)
CHINGEN 152: Beijing: Microcosm of Modern China (CHINGEN 252)
Uses Beijing as a microcosm of China to examine the political, social, and cultural transformations of modern China. Explores critical issues affecting modern Chinese history and contemporary Chinese society through lectures, videos, presentations, and discussions.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Gao, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 155: Cultural Images in China-US Relations (CHINGEN 255)
This course is designed to examine Chinese and American cultural images of each other during various historical periods and discuss the relationship between image building and policy orientations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Gao, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 170: Chinese Language, Culture, and Society (CHINGEN 73N)
Functions of languages in Chinese culture and society, origin of the Chinese language, genetic relations with neighboring languages, development of dialects, language contacts, evolution of Chinese writing, language policies in Greater China. Prerequisite: one quarter of Chinese 1 or 1B or equivalent recommended. Freshman seminar.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
CHINGEN 173: Chinese Language, Culture, and Society (CHINGEN 73)
Topics include the origin of Chinese, development of dialects, emergence of the standard, preferred formulaic expressions, the evolution of writing, and language policies in greater China. Prerequisite:
CHINLANG 1 or 1B, or equivalent.
CHINGEN 194: The History and Culture of Peking Opera (CHINGEN 294)
Explores the history and culture of Peking opera from its regional origins to a major national form. It will focus on genre formation, the professional and social position of actors and the political role of Peking opera. In addition to academic texts, we will read memoirs, biographies and watch videos and movies.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Llamas, R. (PI)
CHINGEN 195: Beauty and Decadence in China (CHINGEN 95)
An inquiry into the conception of aesthetic beauty in China. Special attention to the coupling of aesthetics ("beauty") and morality ("goodness") in the visualnand literary arts, as well as the frequent dissonance or rivalry between them.
CHINGEN 196: The Culture of Entertainment in China (CHINGEN 296)
Sophisticated, organized entertainment in China is evident at least as early as nthe second century B.C. in the court spectacles described in the early histories nand in the depictions of jugglers, dancers and acrobats represented in tomb nbas-reliefs. The importance attached to entertainment from ancient times both at court and in society at large is manifest not just in the establishment of nimperial institutions such as the Music Bureau, but also in the appearance of nlarge entertainment districts within the cities where people would invest nextraordinary amount of resources in the pursuit of pleasure, and in small scale ngatherings. This class will look at the representation of play and pleasure in nChinese culture from a variety of sources (art, history, literature and nperformance) in different periods of Chinese history. In the process we will naddress the place of pleasure in Chinese culture, as well as ethical, socio-npolitical and economical concerns. Held in old Knight Bldg., 521 Memorial Way, Rm. 102.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Llamas, R. (PI)
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