| UNIT | DAILY TOPICS |
| I. TIME AND SPACE READINGS |
M Sept 29 How the class works Space: geography and ethnicity W Oct 1 Time: the last 150 years, mostly How to think about continuity and change |
| II. PERSONS READINGS |
M Oct 6 ABCD: Status and face ABCD: Politeness and self-interest W Oct 8: C: The socialist hero D: The neoliberal consumer |
| III. GENDERS AND FAMILIES READINGS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT |
M Oct 13: Space and time quiz A: The family as an economic corporation W Oct 15: A: The family as a ritual unit A: The family as a psychological constellation M Oct 20: B: Free love and the invention of woman C: Socialist marriage reforms C: Collective economy and the family 22 W Oct 22: D: The one-child family and the rise of the couple D: Film: Dahua's Wedding |
| IV. RURAL COMMUNITIES READINGS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT |
M Oct 27 AB: Village, temple, and market town AB: Lineage W Oct 29: C: Collective economy and village life C: Becoming rural capitalists M Nov 3 D: Religious revivals D: Who's getting left behind? |
| V. MIGRATION AND THE CITY READINGS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT |
W Nov 5 A: The imperial city B: The rise of treaty ports M Nov 10: C: Danwei and dependency D: Insiders and outsiders W Nov 12: D: Working Girls: Film: China Blue D: Discussion of China Blue and Made in China |
| VI. SOCIAL CLASS READINGS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT |
M Nov 17: A: Exploitation, consumption, ideology A: Mobility in the traditional system W Nov 19: C: Marxist and Maoist models C: Class struggle M Nov 24: D: Consumption and cosmopolitanism D: Who's getting left behind? |
| VII. STATE AND NATION READINGS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT |
W Nov 26: A: Heaven is high... B: Reforms and involution M Dec 1: C: The role of cadres and the question of totalitarianism D: State retreat, state intrusion, and the question of socialism: Guest discussion of a murder case by Trang Xuan Ta. W Dec 3 AB: From Empire to Nation CD: From Revolution to Nationalism |