EALC 398

Fall 2009

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Credit: 3 hours.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
31760
Lecture-Discussion
A
3:00PM -4:20PM
TR
154 Henry Administration Bldg
Chen, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Section Info:
Topic: Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture Meets with ANTH 399, section J. 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.
31761
Lecture-Discussion
C
1:00PM -2:20PM
TR
1140 Foreign Languages Building
Welker, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Section Info:
Gender and Sexuality in the Worlds of Manga/Anime In this course we will examine the expression of gender and sexuality in manga and anime and related subcultures in Japan. We will engage with original manga and anime available in English translation as well as writings that take critical, ethnographic, and historical approaches to these texts and cultures. We will look at a wide variety of genres and subgenres, including those in which normative and non-normative gender and sexual practices are central elements as well as those in which these practices might appear peripheral or insignificant. We will consider, among other issues, how femininity and masculinity and sexuality are represented in different genres. We will also look at who is consuming these various genres and why, as well as question the extent to which these texts are representative of "Japanese culture" and the influence they have had on it. Attention will also be given to manga and anime outside of Japan.
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