EALC 550

Spring 2021

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Credit: 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics. Topic varies with instructor.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
51517
Internship
CLS
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Shih, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Section Title:
Practical Exp in EALC
72220
Online Lecture
JM1
7:00PM -10:00PM
W
n.a.
Martin, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Section Title:
Anthropology of Modern China
Section Info:
This course will be taught via Zoom. This graduate seminar explores the proposition that modern China is culturally different from other modern societies. Arguments about cultural difference are politically contentious. Those who have championed the cause of Chinese (or Asian) exceptionalism range from the imperialist architects of “Orientalism,” to autocratic advocates of “Asian Values,” to progressive practitioners of a postcolonial “Asia as Method.” The discipline of cultural anthropology is implicated in this debate by its foundational concern with cultural difference. This graduate seminar reviews anthropological engagement and political debates over Chinese culture (or "characteristics") to develop a syllabus designed to achieve two outcomes. The first is substantive; by the end of this class, every student will have learned enough about contemporary debates to take a well-informed position on the relationship between Chinese culture and Chinese modernity. The second goal is methodological; each student's final paper should reflect explicitly on their own standpoint within the tension between political commitment and scholarly neutrality.
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