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21F 036: Advertising and Popular Culture: East Asian Perspectives
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Examines modern advertising culture in East Asia and India with an emphasis on post-socialist China. Topics include the rise of transnational advertising agencies in East Asia since the 1980s; advertising and identity formation; the production of brand culture and its impact on youth culture; music marketing; the new paradigm of neo neo-tribes; media and advertising; and mobile culture and branding. Includes case studies of advertising campaigns and lab sessions on how to brand products. Taught in English. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
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21F 038: The Cultural Politics of Contemporary China
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduction to the study of modern and contemporary China and its context in the Chinese-speaking world. Themes include debates over "Cultural China" and "Chineseness"; state and (flexible) citizenship, and contemporary Mao Zedong fever; gender and the politics of pornography; the consumer revolution, leisure, and popular culture; ethnic minorities, globalization, and local responses. Students watch documentaries and feature films, and read essays that highlight dramatic moments in the transformation of Chinese societies in East Asia. Taught in English.
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21F 039: Japanese Popular Culture
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and cultural differences. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power in global culture industries. Several films screened outside of regular class meeting times. Taught in English.
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21F 040: A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduction to Indian culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, newspaper articles. Examines some major social and political controversies of contemporary India through discussions centered on India's history, politics and religion. Focuses on issues such as ethnic tension and terrorism, poverty and inequality, caste conflict, the missing women, and the effects of globalization on popular and folk cultures. Particular emphasis on the IT revolution, outsourcing, the new global India and the enormous regional and subcultural differences. Taught in English.
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21F 043J: Introduction to Asian American Studies: Historical and Contemporary Issues
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s, and the new wave of post-1965 Asian immigration. Examines the role these experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity. Addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, media racism, affirmative action, the glass ceiling, the "model minority" syndrome, and anti-Asian harassment or violence. Taught in English.
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21F 044J: Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.
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21F 046: Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Covers major works of Chinese fiction and film, from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Focusing on the modern period, examines how Chinese intellectuals, writers, and filmmakers have used artistic works to critically explore major issues in modern Chinese culture and society. Literature read in translation. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.
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21F 052: French Film Classics
2.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
History and aesthetics of French cinema from the advent of sound to present-day. Treats films in the context of technical processes, the art of narration, directorial style, role of the scriptwriter, the development of schools and movements, the impact of political events and ideologies, and the relation between French and other national cinemas. Films shown with English subtitles. Taught in English.
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21F 055: Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany
2.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Debates over national and media identity in Weimar and Nazi Germany. Production and use of media under extreme political and social conditions with a focus on films (such as Nosferatu, Berlin, M, and Triumph des Willens) and other media. Media approached as both texts and systems. Considers the legacy of the period, in terms of stylistic influence (e.g. film noir), techniques of persuasion, and media's relationship to social and economic conditions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.
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21F 059: Paradigms of European Thought and Culture
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in European culture, and acquaints students with exemplars of critical thought. Readings begin with the Protestant Reformation and move through the French Revolution up to the post-WWII period. Figures to be considered include Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Rousseau, Smith, Marx, Freud, Beauvoir, and Foucault. Class discussions set these texts into the context of European culture. Topics to be considered are artworks by Goya, David, and Duchamp; the architecture of Schinkel; the music of Bach; and the literature of Goethe. Taught in English.
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