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Religious Studies
REL 256 (IT) Goddesses and Ghosts: Images of Women in Chinese Tradition (1)
[Crosslisted with WGS 256]
This course examines images of women represented in various forms of texts including Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist scriptures, novels, poetry, Chinese art and films. Through close reading of these texts from 600 BCE to modern times, the course seeks to explore women's power, spirituality, and gender roles in different periods of Chinese history. The course will also focus on a comparison between the "woman" as an ideological construct and the actual living experiences of women, and between images constructed by male and female writers.
- Mode of Inquiry: Interpreting Texts; Asia Cluster
- Offering: Alternate years
- Instructor: Zhou