ANT 265 - Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture

Instructor
Lozada

Examines Chinese society from the bottom up, with an emphasis on the structure of everyday life. The periods under examination include pre-revolutionary China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), socialist China, and post-socialist China. Topics include marriage and reproductive strategies, lineage organization, inheritance patterns, gender roles, and religion and life cycle rituals.

Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Fall, as part of Davidson-in-Shanghai program; offered in alternating years.)