| 课程号 |
30340062 |
学分 |
2 |
| 英文名称 |
Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Historic Perspectives |
| 先修课程 |
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| 中文简介 |
The course will explore the interaction of historical and cultural events, political priorities, rapid economic development, changing gender relations, international political ambitions, sports system and women’s sport in the course of the six decades of PRC. |
| 英文简介 |
The course will explore the interaction of historical and cultural events, political priorities, rapid economic development, changing gender relations, international political ambitions, sports system and women’s sport in the course of the six decades of PRC. |
| 开课院系 |
北京大学教务部 |
| 通选课领域 |
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| 是否属于艺术与美育 |
否 |
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| 授课语言 |
英文 |
| 教材 |
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| 教学大纲 |
The course will explore the interaction of historical and cultural events, political priorities, rapid economic development, changing gender relations, international political ambitions, sports system and women’s sport in the course of the six decades of PRC.
(Subject to adjustment)
Session 1： Overview of Women, Sport and Society in China:
From Dominated Domestic to Olympic Champion Date:
This session provides a framework for analysing women’s sport in China, from historical traditions, social, economic and political systems, sports policy, administration, investment to personal motivation, commitment of athletes and coaches, and family support.
Students need to get familiar with basic concepts such as national identity, gender, Confucianism and Tiyu.
Group discussions will be arranged for the reasons of women’s success in sport.
【Questions】
? Why have Chinese women achieved so much in elite sport?
? What impact has the sports success had on women’s social, political and economic status?
? What opportunities and challenges face today’s Chinese women?
【Readings, Websites or Video Clips 】
Dong Jinxia, Women, Sport and Society in Modern China, London: Cass, 2003.
2. Fan Hong, Footbinding, Feminism and Freedom - The Liberation of Women`s Bodies in Modern China, London: Cass, 1997
Session 2： Women, Society and Sport from 1840s to date
This is the main session of the course. It will consist of 7 themes related to specific time periods. The purpose of this session is to reveal the changing social, political and economic situations over time and their impacts on women’s sport, with particular emphasis on the new China system, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and Beijing Olympics.
【Questions】
1. What impact did school education have on women’s sport?
2. What is footbinding? And when it was practiced?
3. How footbinding came to end?
4. What were the characteristics of China’s sports management and training systems in the 1950s?
5. what effect did the GLF have on the subsequent decades of Chinese elite sport, women’s elite sport in particular?
6. What was the Red Guard Movement and its impact on sport?
7. What was the Rustication Campaign and what impact did it have on both women in society and sportswomen and their elite sport?
8. What impact did the economic reform and opening up policy has on women and sport?
9. What opportunities and challenges were faced with women in the market-driven society?
10. What is the relationship between women and the Beijing Olympic Games?
【Readings, Websites or Video Clips】
Susan Brownell, Training the Body for China - Sports in the Moral Order of the People`s Republic, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1995
4. Dong Jinxia,“Women, Nationalism and the Beijing Olympics: Preparing for Glory”, in BoriaMajumdar and Fan Hong (eds.), Modern Sport: The Global Obsession - Politics, Religion, Class, Gender；essays in honour of J.A.Mangan, Lodon and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,2007
5. Dong Jinxia, “Olympic Aspirations: Chinese Women on Top – Considerations and Consequences”, International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 25 Issue 7, 2008，
【Assignments for this session (if any)】
Writing a paper on Mao’s sport
Session 3 Future of Women, Society and Sport of China
This session predict the possible development of society, women and sport in China in the foreseeable future.
【Questions】
What future prospect do you think Chinese women and sport will have?
【Readings, Websites or Video Clips】
J.A. Mangan, eds., THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS, to be published by CCUP.
Jennifer Hargreaves and Eric Anderson(ed.), Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexualities, London and New York：Routledge, 2014
PKU SUMMER SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL 2014
Proceeding of the Course
Students are expected to complete all required readings prior to class meetings and discussions. Prepare a PPT document before his/ her presentation. The order of presentation is determined by the rotation of students.
Assignments (paper or other forms)
Writing two papers: one with the assigned topic: Women, Society and Sport in Maoist China; one with self-selected topic related to Chinese women’s sport.
Evaluation Details
attendance and participation 20%
papers 50%
presentation and debate 30%
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