Universität Wien

150062 SE Taiwan: Women's Emancipation in the Patriarchal society of the 1960s (M7 GG) (2020W)

With the example of selected taiyupian

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The complete course is run virtually from 17.11.20. Class dates are: 24.11.20, 01.12.20, 15.12.20, 12.01.21, 19.01.21. film dates may change (currently 11+12.12.20). Class is run by BBB - see moodle, from 17.00 till 18.30sharp.

taiwanese films in Admiral Kino, Vienna, are mandatory part of the course. Film screenings are: 6 November 20, 7 p.m. - 9.30 p.m.
7 November 4 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.

SE is mrun either in presence or hybrid, depending on the number of registered students , deadline 24.09.20

  • Tuesday 06.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 13.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 20.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 27.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 17.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 24.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 01.12. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 15.12. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 12.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 19.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Tuesday 26.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Contents: women in Taiwan in the 1960s
methods: Western language literature and Taiwan film
aim: get an overview of women's status in Taiwan

Assessment and permitted materials

class participation + preparation of class (25%)
individual presentation (25%)
term paper 10-12pages + term paper topic (40%)
protocol (lecture, film)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

by reaching 60% of the total of 100% the course is positive. attendance is mandatory, missing more than 3 sessions means the course is graded negative.

Examination topics

individual definition of term paper topic

Reading list

Berry, Chris several lecture streams

Chang, Doris (2018) Women's Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan

Diamond, Norma (1968), K'un Shen. A Taiwanese village.

Diamond, Norma (1975): Women under Kuomintang Rule Variations on the Feminine Mystique

Gallin, Bernard (1966) Hsin Hsing, Taiwan : a Chinese village in change
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; 1966

Lee, Anru, “Between Filial Daughter and Loyal Sister: Global Economy and Family Politics in Taiwan,” in Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society, ed. Catherine Farris et.al. (Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2004).

Lü Xiulian Annette: My fight for a new taiwan

Shaw, Ping and Yue Tan, “Feminism and Social Change: Women’s Place in Taiwanese Newspapers and Public Opinion,” in Asian Journal of Communication 24, no.4 (2014): 351-369.

Women in the New Taiwan

Yu, Wei-hsin, Gendered Trajectories: Women, Work and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan (Stanford: Stanford UP, 2009), esp. Chapter 1: “Gender Inequality and Social Change in Japan and Taiwan.”

Zhang, Yingjin, “Articulating Sadness, Gendering Space: The Politics and Poetics of Taiyu Films from 1960s Taiwan,” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 24, no.1 (2013): 1-46.

Association in the course directory

GG 310

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