Readings: Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 1 article by Sachiko Kaneko, Haruko Okano.
Handout: "Gender Inequality in Contemporary Japan" by Robert J. Smith
Films: "China's Only Child"
"Shamanism in Korea"
SCHEDULE
| SECTION I: Definitions and
Constructions of Femininity, Masculinity
and Personhood in East Asian Societies of China,
Japan and Korea: Traditional and Modern
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Readings: Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 1 article by Sachiko Kaneko, Haruko Okano. Handout: "Gender Inequality in Contemporary Japan" by Robert J. Smith Films: "China's Only Child" "Shamanism in Korea" |
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SECTION II: Socialization:
Learning Gender
Readings: Imamura: 2, 5, 7; Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 1 articles by: Orie Endo. Handout: "The Tradition: Women during the Yi Dynasty" Martina Duechler. Films: "An Initiation Kut for a Korean Shaman" "Rice Ladle" |
| SECTION III: Marriage and
Family.
Readings: Imamura: 3, 8, 9; Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 3 articles by Kyoko Yoshizumi, Masami Ohinata; Gelb & Palley #2, 8; Watson & Ebrey #4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10. Film: "Traditional Family Customs and Rituals of Korea" |
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MIDTERM EXAM: Feb 9, 1998
ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE: Feb. 20, 1998
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SECTION IV: Education and
Work
Readings: Imamura: 4, 10, 11; Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 2 by Kimi Hara, Atsuko Kameda, Fujimura-Fanslow, and Part 4 by Yoko Kawashima, Kazuko Tanaka; Gelb & Palley #3, 5, 9, 11. Handouts: "A Model wife and Worker," "A Leader of Women", 'Chang Sui-ying, Textile Worker." excerpts from Chinese Women Speak Films: "Women of Japan" |
ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE: March 9, 1998
| SECTION V: Politics and
Gender
Readings: Imamura: 1, 12, 13; Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda: Part 5 by Kiyoko Kinjo, Yoko Sato, Naoko Sasakura, Emiko Kaya; Gelb & Palley # 6 12. Section VI: Sexual Issues: pornography, prostitution Readings: Choi: articles by: Hyunah Yang, Fujime Yuki, Song Youn-ok, Chin Sung Chung; Fujimura-Fanslow & Kameda Part 3 by Aiko Hada and Kuniko Funabashi, Part 4 by Yayori Matsui; Watson & Ebrey # 8; Gelb & Palley# 4. Film: "Korean Camp Women" |
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FINAL EXAM: March 20, 1998
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