2018/2019
Современная культура Кореи и Китая
Статус:
Дисциплина общефакультетского пула
Кто читает:
Институт востоковедения и африканистики
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
4 модуль
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Title of the course: Contemporary Culture of Korea and China. This course is intended to understand social changes from the positions of diverse groups in contemporary Korea and China. The class will aim to provide an anthropological perspective on the lives of modern Koreans and Chinese against the structural systems of political systems and economic policies. Throughout the course, students will be familiarized with sociological and anthropological analyses of Korean and Chinese culture in a critical perspective. The course will also illuminate diverse perspectives of Korean and Chinese societies depending on a different region, gender, generation, class, and ethnicity.
Learning Objectives
- This course is designed to provide students with the social and cultural background of Korea and China, and the indepth examination of social and economic issues in contemporary Korea and China.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students will gain a comparative perspective on Korean and Chinese culture.
- Students will be able to discuss the current issues such as family, gender, consumption, class, education, religion, urban space, and globalization in both Korean and Chinese societies.
Course Contents
- Family, Marriage & Gender in Korea
- Religion in Korea
- Educational Fever in Kangnam Style
- Korean wave & K-pop
- Liberation and Nostalgia in Reform China
- Rural-Urban Divide in China
- Ethnic Minority and Global Migration
- Final Exam (take home)
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.3 * Attendance and Class Participation + 0.4 * Exam + 0.3 * Student Project Proposal & Presentation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Li, Z. (DE-576)173191924. (2001). Strangers in the city : reconfigurations of space, power, and social networks within China’s floating population / Li Zhang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.120161729
- Tudor, D. (2012). Korea: The Impossible Country : South Korea’s Amazing Rise From the Ashes: The Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1567533
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Pun, N. (DE-588)133529932, (DE-576)299910393. (2005). Made in China : women factory workers in a global workplace / Pun Ngai. Durham, NC [u.a.]: Duke University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.119489996
- Song, J. (2006). Family Breakdown and Invisible Homeless Women: Neoliberal Governance during the Asian Debt Crisis in South Korea, 1997-2001. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E279936D