ANTH 399

Fall 2009 All Classes

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Special Topics

Credit: 1 TO 3 hours.

Topics are given on a one-time only, experimental basis. Faculty offer special topics in their areas of expertise that provide an opportunity for undergraduates to be exposed to some of the most current developments in faculty research.

May be repeated.

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ANTH 399 class schedule data for fall 2009
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	10287	Independent Study		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required
	54571	Lecture-Discussion	J	3:00PM -4:20PM	TR	154 Henry Administration Bldg	Chen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: meets w/ EALC 398A Topic: Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture 1. Did the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing change China? 2. How were the Nike shoes you�re wearing produced by young Chinese migrant laborers in sweat shops across the Pacific? 3. Why did childbearing become a paramount project of the government in China? 4. How do most Chinese people envisage their relationship with Taiwanese and Tibetans? Napoleon once famously admonished Europe to let China sleep, for when she awakes she will shake the world. In recent years, China has certainly stirred, and the whole world has taken notice. However, China's economic success has been accompanied by mounting social and cultural tensions at the heart of Chinese society. In this course we will explore the complexity and diversity of contemporary Chinese society and culture as well as its ongoing transformations. Main topics will include: Chinese kinship and networking guanxi; ethnicity and nationalism; post-socialist rural transformations; the "floating population" of migrant laborers; changing urban spaces; consumerism and the emerging urban middle-class; and transnationalism. Controversies surrounding issues such as HIV/AIDS, sexuality, and birth control policy that have drawn much international attention will be discussed in local contexts. In reading a variety of compelling writings by current authors, we will explore not only what has been written about China, but also how Chinese culture has been written by scholars. This course counts as an advanced course for anyone who has either a major or minor in EALC or anthropology. It should also appeal to anyone else interested in anything to do with contemporary China/East Asia.