SOAN 356 - Nationalism And Identity:Japan

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Lewis & Clark College

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Angst Content: Examination of the classic literature on the rise of nationalism and study of modern Japan as the non-Western example par excellence of modern nation-building at the end of the 19th century. Questions about how Japan fits and departs from the Western model of nation-state formation. Examination of the historical production of official narratives of national identity through violent and nonviolent "assimilation" processes of culturally distinct minority groups, as well as forms of resistance by those groups. Issues of center and periphery, and "civilization" and frontier in the processes of making modern state and citizen, and their implications for contemporary Japanese identity. Prerequisite: Sociology/Anthropology 100 or 110, and two 200-level sociology/anthropology courses; or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.lclark.edu/

Phone Number:

(503) 768-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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