printer friendly pageCHINGEN 235: Chinese Bodies, Chinese Selves (CHINGEN 135)
Interdisciplinary. The body as a contested site of representational practices, identity politics, cultural values, and social norms. Body images, inscriptions, and practices in relation to health, morality, gender, sexuality, nationalism, consumerism, and global capitalism in China and Taiwan. Sources include anthropological, literary, and historical studies, and fiction and film. No knowledge of Chinese required.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Festa, P. (PI)
CHINGEN 236: The Chinese Family (CHINGEN 136)
History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Zhou, Y. (PI)
CHINGEN 239: Cultural Revolution as Literature (CHINGEN 139)
Literary form, aesthetic sensibility, and themes of trauma, identity, and the limits of representation in major literary works concerning the Cultural Revolution in China. Recommended: background in Chinese history or literature.
Last offered: Spring 2008
CHINGEN 240: Chinese Justice: Law, Morality, and Literature (CHINGEN 140)
Explores the relationship between law and morality in Chinese literature, culture, and society. Readings include court case romances, crime plays, detective novels, and legal dramas from traditional era and modern and contemporary periods. Prior coursework in Chinese history, civilization, or literature is recommended. All readings are in English.
CHINGEN 241: Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces (ARCHLGY 111, CHINGEN 141)
Introduces processes of cultural evolution from the Paleolithic to the Three Dynasties in China. By examining archaeological remains, ancient inscriptions, and traditional texts, four major topics will be discussed: origins of modern humans, beginnings of agriculture, development of social stratification, and emergence of states and urbanism.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Liu, L. (PI)
CHINGEN 243: Images of Women in Ancient China and Greece (CHINGEN 143, CLASSGEN 153, CLASSGEN 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.
Last offered: Winter 2013
CHINGEN 246: Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Anthropology of Chinese Folk Religion (CHINGEN 146)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Festa, P. (PI)
CHINGEN 247: Searching for Immortality? Notions of Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China (CHINGEN 147)
The graves at Anyang in Henan province impressively demonstrate how important it was in ancient China, especially the Shang period (c. 1600-1045 BCE) to properly deal with the dead. Why were some people more elaborately furnished than others? What happened to people once they died? Did they become immortals like it is often assumed? Or did their souls move on to some kind of paradise? We will look at archaeological and textual evidence, critically assessing both kinds of sources to relate them in a meaningful way.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Selbitschka, A. (PI)
CHINGEN 250: Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China (CHINGEN 150)
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.
Last offered: Spring 2012
CHINGEN 251: Manuscripts, Circulation of Texts, Printing (CHINGEN 151)
History of texts before the advent of printing as well as during the early period of printing, focus on Tang and Song periods. Attention to the material existence of texts, their circulation, reading habits before and after printing, the balance between orality and writing, the role of memorization, and rewriting during textual transmission. Readings in English.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Egan, R. (PI)
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