The Body as Mirror: Hair, Feet, and Skin in East Asian Culture
A Mini-Course for K-12 Educators
Saturday, December 7th & Saturday, December 14th
9:00am – 11:00am (Eastern Time)
Online, Synchronous via Zoom
Session 2: Hair, Skin, and Feet in Modern East Asia
As educators, we are quite familiar with our students’ focus on appearance and fashion as a marker of identity– and the people of pre-modern and modern East Asia were/are no different. In two sessions, this mini course will explore how the physical body was valued not just in a biological sense but also for how the body conveyed meaning on a social and cultural level.
Session Two (Saturday, December 14) will bring us into the modern with a look at the continuing significance of hair color and style in East Asia, the growing resistance to wearing high heels among Japanese working women, and finally, the obsession with “lightness” of skin tone in all three contemporary cultures.
This mini course is by no means a comprehensive study of these issues but is instead meant to provide educators with a lens through which we can better contextualize the issues important to our students. Participants will come away with a selection of documents and images that can be used in the classroom as well as a copy of Every Step a Lotus by Dorothy Ko for those who complete both sessions.
Educators can register for an individual session or both mini-course sessions. After you register, we will send you a confirmation email. Educators who complete the program will receive a Certificate Completion. You will also receive information on accessing the Zoom meeting for the mini-course after registering.
Registration deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024
Session 2: Hair, Skin, and Feet in Modern East Asia - Part of The Body as Mirror: Hair, Feet, and Skin in East Asian Culture - An NCTA Mini-Course for K-12 Educators
Saturday, December 14, 2024 - 09:00 to 11:00
Online Mini Course
Event Location:
Online via Zoom