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AN380 01: Chinese Society and Popular Religion
A Century of Change
Spring Term, 2002: Tuesday, Thursday 9:35 - 10:50 am, JH 337

Instructor: Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.
Office: Anthropology Program, JH 249A
Office Hours: M, W, R, 11:00 am 12:00 pm, and by appointment
Telephone: 940-9270
email: elozada@butler.edu
homepage: http://blue.butler.edu/~elozada

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This seminar examines Chinese society from the “bottom up,” with an emphasis on the structure of everyday life. The first part deals with pre-revolutionary (non-communist) Chinese society. Topics include marriage and adoption strategies, concubinage, inheritance patterns, gender roles, lineage organization, and life crisis rituals. The second part focuses on post-revolutionary society and Maoist attempts to construct a new culture. Topics include land reform and collectivization, marriage, women’s liberation, changing family organization, anti-superstition campaigns, population control, and the impact of post-Mao reforms. The third part will be topical: looking at two social institutions in contemporary China (popular religion and lineages) that have been transformed through historical experiences.

Our emphasis will be on understanding how Chinese traditions and culture have shaped Chinese society today. What is uniquely Chinese in Chinese culture? How has popular religion shaped understandings of modernity in Chinese society? How do social units like the family or practices such as life-cycle rituals give structure to Chinese society? What will China be like in the 21st century?

It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities. Written notification from Student Disability Services is required. If you are eligible to receive an accommodation and would like to request it for this course, please discuss it with me and allow two weeks notice. Otherwise, it is not guaranteed that the accommodation can be received on a timely basis. If you have questions about Student Disability Services, you may wish to contact Michele Atterson, JH 136, ext. 9308.

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