Gender and Representation of Asian Women

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
I. Major Terminologies and Frameworks
1	Introduction to course goals, organization, and syllabus
2	Orientalism	Response paper 1 due
3	The politics of representation	Response paper 2 due
II. Figures and Stereotypes
4	Madame Butterfly and improvisations 1 (gender subversions, place, and race)
5	Madame Butterfly and improvisations 2 (race, power, and place)	Essay 1 due
6	Bad girls
7	The book The Comfort Women	Response paper 3 due
8	The book The Comfort Women (cont.)	Research paper abstract due
III. Other Representations
9	Dragon ladies and maids
10	Female forms of power	Response paper 4 due
11	The book Romance on a Global Stage
12	The book Romance on a Global Stage (cont.)	Essay 2 due
13	Student presentations on research projects
14	Student presentations on research projects (cont.)	Research paper due