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Intro’s: Welcome to the Show!
Hello Gang! Please add a comment below to say hello and add a self-intro, and also to test that your account is working, telling us again about a favorite film, book, graphic novel, or other diversion...
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Week 2 QQC Thread: Mao’s “Talks at the Yenan Forum” and Jason McGrath’s...
For our first “QQC” discussion (see syllabus) we’ll be exploring two texts. One, a primary source, is Mao Zedong‘s “Talks at the Yenan Forum on Art and Literature” from 1942 (for a brief background on...
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Hi All, This week we’ll be doing research logs — please share an image or a clip from one of the films you’re thinking of using for your project, and tell us something about what was happening in China...
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Week 6 Reading Discussion
Our readings for this week are: Wendy Larson, “The Concubine and the Figure of History: Chen Kaige’s Farewell my Concubine” (Lu, 331-346); and, a second one, namely Jenny Kwok Wah Lau, “‘Farewell my...
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Farewell My Concubine — Viewing Discussion
We’ll view the film tonight, but it’ll be a full-period screening! As mentioned previously, though we don’t have time for an in-class discussion, comments may be shared here. Feel free to join a...
View ArticleWeek 7 Reading Discussion
This week’s readings include the following: Yomi Braester’s “Memory at a Standstill: From Maohistory to Hooligan History” (2003) and Geremie Barme’s “Wang Shuo and ‘Liumang’ (Hooligan) Culture” (1992)....
View ArticleWeek 10 (or, getting ahead in Week 9) R-Log: A Research Source I’m Exploring…
Use this thread to introduce one of the academic sources you’re reading in relation to your research project this semester. In other words, summarize a key secondary source (a source written by another...
View ArticleWeek 13: R-Logs – Research Paper Working Outlines… (due Sun, 4/9, by midnight)
The semester is moving fast… This week for our R-Log please share a working outline of your research paper. Remind us of the focused question(s) your paper is exploring, brainstorm and share your...
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