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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
In the wake of near-total destruction after World War II, Japan became the world's second largest economy (after the U. S.). A highly educated and wealthy society, Japan was also a society which imposed rigid social constraints on its citizens. Younger Japanese now wrestle with the demands of mass productivity, gender segregation, and standardized education. The course explores the trade-offs of this society through issues such as: marriage, family, and divorce; peer groups, sports, and education; popular culture such as theater, comics (manga), and pachinko; the management of disability; and labor and employment.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the societies, cultures, and politics of contemporary East Asia. The rise of East Asia has inspired Western observers to reflect on the ways in which capitalism, democracy, and modern social relationships can unfold in different ways, shaping the landscape of daily social life. East Asian societies have attempted to emphasize equality, shared values, and a strong state presence; at the same time, such values have come at significant cost in each case. The course focuses on China, Japan, and Korea (chiefly South Korea) and examines themes of economy, romance and family, authority, identity, and social ideals.
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The seminar will encourage students to think critically about the documentary as artistic medium and as socio-political practice. Some important questions will focus on the form itself: who has produced and watched these films and through what sorts of technologies? What are the codes through which documentaries make sense of their subjects and how do these change? Other questions will have wider scope: how can filmmaking impact politics and culture? How does it deal with the gap between reality and representation? What are the ethical issues of such work? What, if anything, is distinct about the life of documentary films in East Asia?
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will examine elements of Japanese popular and visual culture both within Japan and in a global setting, especially its impact on America and the rest of Asia. With a focus on the effects of media representations on subjectivity in a late-capitalist world, we will devote particular attention to visual aspects such as manga, television, anime, and live-action cinema, but will include popular music and fiction as well.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The seminar will examine key concepts of the mind, the body, and the nature-culture distinction. We will study these issues in the context of Japanese beliefs about the good society, making connections between "lay culture," Japanese notions of social democracy, and "science culture." Topics include: styles of care for the mentally ill, the politics of disability, notions of human life and death, responses to bio-technology, the management of human materials (such as organs), cultural definitions of addiction and co-dependency, and the ethics of human enhancement.
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The Worlds of the Tale of Heike and Chushingura. Using the two classical warrior tales, the Tale of Heike and Chushingura, as central texts, the course will explore the social, political, and cultural developments of Japan from the late 12th to 18th centuries. Themes include the flowering of court culture and emergence of warrior power, development of Buddhism and Confucian ethics, the city and structure of Heian (Kyoto) and Edo (Tokyo), and the culture that flourished therein. Aims to help students better understand the historical background of the works and to illuminate the historical context in which they were produced and appreciated.
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Close study of classical Chinese poetry from different historical periods; discussion of the art in the original, in English translation, and in its contemporary adaptation.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course offers an overview of contemporary China, focusing on its transformation from Maoist socialism to the current Chinese society. It outlines Maoist socialism, and explores the changes since the late 1970s, giving special attention to tensions in this transformation: the tension between decentralized social life and the sovereignty of the post--Mao state; between the memories of Maoist socialism and current cultural politics; between the loss and reinvention of traditions; between the increasing mobility and social re-stratification; and between China's change and the existing theories about the way a society changes.
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This course explores the topic of sexuality in contemporary China and its historical roots through three sets of questions. First, it addresses what "sexuality" means, whether sexuality has a history, and how "sexuality," a foreign term, has constructed the conceptualization of Chinese sexual culture. Second, it explores how sexuality has undergone tremendous changes since the beginning of the reform of Maoist socialism, and how the change has amounted to "a sexual revolution." Third, it reconsiders distinctive traditions in sexuality in Chinese history and their changes and reinvention today.
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Critical consideration of a selection of monumental contributions to early Chinese thought, and the uses to which they were put by later Chinese thinkers. Readings will be from English translations such as: [Analects],[ Lao-tzu], [Chuang-tzu], [Mencius],[ I-ching] and secondary works. All assignments are available on reserve.
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