Christopher Leighton
| Feb/01 | Fri | 05:30PM-07:30PM | E51-095 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Prereq: None
China's recent economic and social transformations have drawn international interest, but what has it felt like to live them? We will consider the particular case of women, and follow their changing place in China over the last thirty years through ethnographic films. How have changing politics, economic growth, or evolvinging social norms affected their lives? Do urban and rural women share similar key concerns, or are their most important problems defined by something other than their sex--their class, for example? To what extent are the tensions and changes we see particular and "Chinese" and to what extent are they universal?
Participants will watch documentary film clips, share a meal of Chinese food, and discuss these questions. No prerequisites, all welcome.
Sponsor(s): History
Contact: Christopher Leighton, E51-288, 617 324-0541, cleight@MIT.EDU