HST 124 - Gender and Women in Chinese History

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
Meets Explore Core requirement (students beginning Fall 2024 and later): HS and GP
This course explores the power dynamics of gender relations in Chinese history from late imperial time to contemporary society. Central themes include the shifting notions of gender and sexuality across various Chinese cultural, political, and religious contexts; the evolution of inequalities in the patriarchal family structure and broader society; the intersection of labor and reproductive politics as linked to emerging discourses on women and gender in revolutionary times; contemporary challenges in a reform and globalizing China since the 1980s.