HIST 4700 Women and Revolution in China

This course explores women’s participation and the role of women’s emancipation in the one hundred years of Chinese revolutionary activities from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s. It discusses the reconciliation of, and conflict between, women’s emancipation and general revolutionary objectives. It also traces the origins and evolution of the Chinese feminist movement, which paralleled the Chinese revolutionary experience. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2600
Credits: 3.0