HIS 581 - Class, Gender, and Sexuality in China 1700 - Present

[3 credit(s)]

Categories of class and gender are used to explore three aspects of Chinese history: the cultural construction of gender and sexuality, the issue of modernity, nationalism and revolution, and the problem of building and partially dismantling a socialist state. Poetry, memoirs, anthropological works, and products of popular culture as well as standard historical sources are drawn up.