KSCB715 Chinese Cultural Anthropology - seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA ( N ) && KSCA605 Anthropology of China
KSCA605
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is a seminar complementing the lecture in Chinese Anthropology KSCA605. Therefore, it should only be attended by students who attend the lecture. They will read the titles on the list and will be expected to discuss them in depth. We shall also focus on contemporary changes of some traditional phenomena; and evaluate the concepts of an anthropological course.
Learning outcomes
Those who pass will be able to reconstruct the image of Chinese society, as exemplified by the extended family, on the basis of readings given.
Syllabus
  • 0. Introduction 1-5 Lectures 6-10 Reports and discussions 11 Evaluation of assignements
Literature
    required literature
  • Hrdličková,Věna. Vyprávění o chůvě a prášilovský motiv v pekingském folkloru. Český lid 1967.2: 91-98.
  • DUBNIČKA, Ivan. Misa Mäsa. Bratislava: Karpaty-Infopress, 2012, 223 s. ISBN 9788096853397. info
  • OLIVOVÁ, Lucie. Tabák v čínské společnosti, 1600 - 1900 (Tobacco and Chinese Society, 1600 - 1900). 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2005, 198 pp. ISBN 80-244-1074-5. info
  • Chinese concepts of privacy. Edited by Bonnie S. McDougall - Anders Hansson. Boston: Brill, 2002, vi, 241 p. ISBN 9004127666. info
  • BECKER, Jasper. Čína na přelomu století. Translated by Petra Andělová - Petr Bláha. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Jiří Buchal - BB art, 2000, 393 s. ISBN 8072577298. info
  • BARMÉ, Geremie. In the red : on contemporary Chinese culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999, xxii, 512. ISBN 0231106149. info
  • BENEDICT, Ruth. Kulturní vzorce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1999, 223 s. ISBN 8072032127. info
    recommended literature
  • Feng shui in Chinese architecture. Edited by Evelyn Lip. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Eds., 2009, 151 p. ISBN 9789814346047. info
    not specified
  • Jonathan D. Spence. The Death of Woman Wang. Penguin Books.
  • Smith, Arthur H. Chinese Characteristics. San Diego: University of California Library, 2007. ISBN 9781297545276. (1. vydání 1894)
  • Eberhard, Wolfram. Guilt and Sin in Traditional China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967.
  • WATSON, James L., Evelyn S. RAWSKI, eds.. Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988
  • CHUA, Amy. Bojová píseň tygří matky, aneb, Jak jsem své děti učila vítězit (a sama přitom byla poražena). Translated by Zuzana Kovalíková. V Praze: Rybka Publishers, 2016, 213 stran. ISBN 9788087950319. info
Teaching methods
lectures, readings, discussion, assignments
Assessment methods
active attendance, discussion based on preparation, written reports
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Spring 2022, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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