HIS 3331 - Gender and the Family in China

Credits: 4
Examination of the changing constructions of gender and the shifting configurations of the family, from imperial times to the present. Primary sources (in translation) and secondary literature together convey how changing notions of kinship, property, ritual, space, and the body have informed notions of gender in China, from the traditional courtyard house to the modern high-rise apartment.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding