This course will provide an overview of continuities and discontinuities of the family pattern and the gender role in Asian nations, mainly China and Japan, from the pre-modern time to the present, especially during the periods of great social transformation. It will, through analyzing historical events and personal and family stories as displayed in scholarly and fictional writings and films, trace the feminist movements and major developments of gender consciousness and relationships and the family structure in Asian history. It will fully explore the way in which class, society, and history create different life possibilities for women and in turn, how the changing gender relations and family pattern affected society, history, and individuals. Pre-requisite: Modern Chinese History, Modern Japanese History, History of East Asia or permission of instructor

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