EAST 208 - Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Culture and Society

FC ARHU CD WADV

4 credits
With a brief review of traditional gender and sexuality, the course surveys related topics such as female chastity, manhood, New Woman, and same sex desire in modern media culture from the greater China. We try to answer these questions: After the western sexology and LGBTQ activism were introduced to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the 20th century, how has gender and sexual tradition changed with modern social mores? How do new gender and sexual norms support nationhood? What type of feminism has emerged and developed? Does “queer” mean the same thing as the homosexuality practiced since 600 B.C.E.?