Gender and Sexuality in Chinese History. 4

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Traces the history of gender relations and sexuality in China from the imperial age, when ?for a woman to be without ability [was] a virtue,? through a revolutionary era (1850-1950), which broadened women?s options, to the socialist period, in which ?women [were said to] hold up half the sky.? For each of these three periods, the course examines the multiple factors that shaped gender relations and sexuality in Chinese society. Fulfills intercultural requirement (1998). Fulfills sociocultural engagement requirement (2019).