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HISTS15

Sport, Gender, and the Body in Modern China

Subject code

HIST

Course Number

S15

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

A. Hirai

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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