ASIAS15
Sport, Gender, and the Body in Modern China
Subject code
ASIA
Course Number
S15
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
W. Chaney
Course Long Title
Sport, Gender, and the Body in Modern China
Cross Listed Courses
Description
From kungfu to the Olympics, Jet Li to Yao Ming, sport is a central part of lived experience in China. There is more here than simply box scores and baskets: through sport, we see how China's twentieth-century revolutions radically transformed gender relations, conceptions of the body, and what it means to be modern. This course looks at sport and the rise of nationalism, the gendered dimensions of revolution, reform-era commercialization, and the persistence of racialized stereotypes. Students grapple with these issues by examining a range of sources such as novels, posters, kungfu film, and actual sporting events.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(History: East Asian), (History: Modern)
GEC This Course Belongs To
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