2017-2018 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 573 - Mao’s Cultural Revolution


Credits: 4
A critical study of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) as sociopolitical movement, collective memory, and historical trauma. The course provides an historical perspective to analyze the origin, process, and aftermath of the Cultural Revolution as both the continuation and the culmination of modern Chinese political crisis. Subjects considered include the rise of the cult of personality, anti-traditionalism, anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, student activism, changing gender identity, and state-sanctioned political violence.

Prerequisite: HIST 167  and permission of instructor.

Distribution Requirements: none.