Course Details
Country:
Taiwan
Institution:
National Taiwan University
Course Title:
Exploring Taiwan: Women and Taiwanese Society
Course Number:
LibEdu1078
Course Description:
Since the emergence of the feminist movement in Taiwan by the 1970s, Taiwanese society has come to pay more attention to women’s issues. Not only does the society engage more issues in relation to women, reflecting the changes in socio-politics and cultural conditions, the general perspectives in which the same issue is discussed also change. In this course we explore Taiwanese women’s conditions of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the more modern period, that is, the mid-to-late twentieth century to the present day. With a brief introduction of what Taiwanese women’s traditions may involve and how Taiwanese women modernize, we explore how the feminist movements unfolded, how they reflect or change Taiwanese women’s social status, the rise of women’s studies and/or feminist scholarship, sexual violence, sex work, and lesbian issues. We also reflect on issues of migration and global human flow, and discuss how the introduction of immigrant
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
WMST 300
Attachment Files:
Exploring Taiwan- Women and Taiwanese Society.pdf
