EAST 310 — Borderlands of Modern China

Investigation of the relationship of China to its frontiers from the Qing Dynasty to the present, examining the history and cultural and literary production of regions like Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, southwestern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as Chinese depictions of and approaches to these regions. Explores how China came to take its present geographical form while exploring questions of ethnicity, religion, language, and colonialism.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Taught by: David Porter

Sections offered

• Section 001 (Lec), Tue Thu 4:05-5:25 pm — 2 seats open