GSFS 0240
Queer China, Crip China
Queer China, Crip China: Narrative, Power, and the Modern Nation-State (In English)
In this course we will study the representation of homosexuality and disability in modern Chinese fiction and film. We will discuss the meanings embedded in Chinese discourses of gender, sexuality, and disability; investigate how these discourses have been appropriated in the construction of a modern Chinese national identity; and connect our specific inquiry into Queer China and Crip China to the broader question of how the modern nation-state of “China” has been imagined into being over the past century. Our approach will be interdisciplinary and comparative. 3 hrs. lect.
In this course we will study the representation of homosexuality and disability in modern Chinese fiction and film. We will discuss the meanings embedded in Chinese discourses of gender, sexuality, and disability; investigate how these discourses have been appropriated in the construction of a modern Chinese national identity; and connect our specific inquiry into Queer China and Crip China to the broader question of how the modern nation-state of “China” has been imagined into being over the past century. Our approach will be interdisciplinary and comparative. 3 hrs. lect.
- Subject:
- Gender Sexuality &Fem. Studies
- Department:
- PrgGender/Sexuality/Fem. Study
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AAL HIS NOA SOC
- Equivalent Courses:
- CHNS 0240