Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Culture
Religion and Culture · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Where REL-4713 counts
Counts toward 1 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- REL HONOURS BA IN RELIGION & CULTURE
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course focuses on Chinese society, culture and conceptions of identity through the prisms of gender and sexuality. Topics include normative social roles as defined by Confucian values, power and sexual dynamics within polygamous households, the social body vs. the biological body and the diversity of atypical bodies in traditional China. Further we will see how gender inequality was appropriated to reflect China's backwardness vis à vis the West and Japan in the modern period, and how contemporary culture and society has sought to free gender expression from the confines of national discourse.
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and EALC-3709 | EALC-3713 | EALC-4709 | EALC-4713 | REL-3713.
Cross-listed
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.