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Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture

Spring Term, 2003: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:30 am - 12:20 pm, Chambers 226

Office Hours: M, W, F 10:30-11:20 am;
  T, Th 9:30-11:00 am or by appointment
Telephone: 894-2035
email: erlozada@davidson.edu
web: http://www.davidson.edu/personal/erlozada

This class examines Chinese society and culture from the “bottom up,” with an emphasis on the structure of everyday life. We will be reading particular ethnographic case studies as our entry into understanding Chinese social, cultural, political, and economic processes. We will specifically examine ancestor worship, single-child family policy, rural local government, the Shanghai Stock Market, urban religious practices, rural-urban migration, and youth popular culture.

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?

Lecture notes (pdf format) can be found on the schedule.

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  Dept. of Anthropology
  Davidson College
  Box 6969
  Davidson, NC 28035 USA

  office: Chambers B12
  tel. 704-894-2035
  fax. 704-894-2842
  erlozada@davidson.edu

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