| UNIT |
DAILY TOPICS |
I. TIME AND SPACE
READINGS |
W Jan 9 How the class works
Space: geography and ethnicity
F Jan 11 Time: the last 150 years, mainly the last 60
How to think about continuity and change
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II. PERSONS
READINGS |
W Jan 16 Status and face
Politeness, truth, and self-interest
F Jan 18 Socialism and personhood
Neoliberalism and the consumer
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III. GENDERS AND FAMILIES
READINGS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT,
Due Monday, Feb 4 |
W Jan 23 Introduction to the patriarchal system
F Jan 25 Space and time quiz
Changes in the patriarchal system: gender
Changes in the patriarchal system: generation
W Jan 30 Population, fertility and single children
Family pressure and family responsibility
F Feb 1 Courtship and marriage
Sexuality
Film: Dahua's Wedding
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IV. RURAL COMMUNITIES
READINGS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Due Monday, Feb 18 |
W Feb 6 The ecology of traditional village life
Rural social organization
F Feb 8 Village Political Economy and Environment
W Feb 13 Religious revivals
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V. URBAN COMMUNITIES
READINGS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Due Monday, Feb 25 |
F Feb 15 The imperial city and the rise of treaty ports
High socialism: danwei and dependency
W Feb 20 The physical transformation of the modern city
Film: Demolition
F Feb 22 The physical transformation of the modern house
Consumption and class
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VI. MIGRATION AND MOBILITY
READINGS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Due Monday, Mar 11 |
W Feb 27 Thinking systematically about social class
Marxist and Maoist models
F Mar 1 Education and class mobility
W Mar 6 Social inequality and migration
Film: China Blue
F Mar 8 Recent changes in migrant communities
Integration or a dichotomous society?
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VII. A NATION AND A PEOPLE
READINGS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Due Tuesday, Mar 19 |
W Mar 13 The role of cadres and the question of totalitarianism
State retreat, state intrusion, and the question of socialism:
Guest discussion of a murder case by Trang Xuan Ta.
F Mar 15 AB: From Empire to Nation
CD: From Revolution to Nationalism
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