Dear colleagues:
I’m putting together a syllabus for a course I’ll
be
teaching next fall about social inequality in China
since 1949. I’d appreciate it if you can
recommend any readings or forward any syllabi that might include
readings (and films) appropriate for the
course. I am pasting the brief course
description below. Also, if you’d like
to see the syllabus after I have a draft (this summer), please tell me
and I’ll
send you a copy.
Take care,
Joel Andreas
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Revolution,
Reform and Social Inequality in China
This course explores several aspects of social
inequality in
China
during
the Mao Zedong era and the post-Mao reform era. We will examine
inequality
within villages, the rural/urban divide, urban inequality, education
and health
policies, and gender and ethnic relations. Each of these issue areas
will be
tackled analytically, but the aim is also to understand what it was/is
like to
live in China
during and after the Mao era.