This RIG brings together scholars of and members of the broader UO community interested in Chinese culture and society in China and overseas Chinese communities. In its reading sessions and lectures the China RIG focuses on study of the interaction between the representation of gender and social life and of gendered practices in Chinese societies throughout history. Participants come from a variety of different disciplines, including history, literature, art history, political science, and film, and work in a range of different historical periods. The RIG is also planning a conference for October 4-6, 2001.
Members usually meet once or twice a month.
Place and time will be announced in the RIG Update or you can contact Cynthia Brokaw for more information. Currently RIG members and others are in the final planning stages for an international conference at the University of Oregon. The organizers are particularly interested in work, as fundamental to the formation of identities and hierarchies, and as a material site for reexamining the cultural construction of gender in Chinese society. They also are interested in sojourning, travel, and movement across boundaries, both conceptual and material, because it is within this context that gender meaning are often transformed. The conference will provide a forum for scholars across the social sciences and humanities to present their research on gender boundaries and the division of labor in China, and to engage in critical discussion with others working on related topics.