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GDR300LF(ジェンダー / Gender 300)
Gender in Japanese Society

Akiko MIZOGUCHI

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school Exchange Students from Overseas Program
Attached documents
Year 2022
Class code A8523
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Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 水5/Wed.5
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 各学部・研究科等の時間割等で確認
Grade
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium

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Outline and objectives

This course aims to introduce students to gender issues in Japanese society, including attention to visual materials.
All course readings will be in English.

Students will be informed about gender issues, both contemporary and historical ones, in Japanese society.

Goal

Students will become familiar with various gender issues in Japanese society through diverse reading materials by journalists, sociologists, anthropologists, film theorists, historians, art historians, literary scholars, among others. It is hoped that by examining the complexity in which “gender” operates, students will become equipped to think on their own beyond gender stereotypes that they may encounter in contemporary Japan.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

This course will combine lectures, discussions, presentations and screenings. The topics covered will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following in the schedule section.

Mid-term papers will be returned with comments. Feedbacks to the students' presentations will be given in class.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1.[対面/face to face]:Introduction

Overview of the course (A selection process may occur)

2.[対面/face to face]:Single women: supporting or resisting family?

Students will read the academic essay and discuss the issue.

3.[対面/face to face]:Orientalism or Reverse Orientalism?

Students will read the academic essay by a sociologist. *Student presentations begin.

4.[対面/face to face]:Famous “Lesbian” Author and her Novel

Students will read the academic essay about author Nobuko Yoshiya.

5.[対面/face to face]:Gender Dynamics in Shôjo Manga

Students will read the academic essay on the formation of post-war Shôjo manga.

6.[対面/face to face]:Gender and Theater (1)

Students will read the academic essay about the turn of the 19/20th century “actress debate”.

7.[対面/face to face]:Gender and Theater (2)

Gender dynamics in the Takarazuka Revue.
*Topic of the mid-term paper to be announced

8.[対面/face to face]:Gender in Art

Students will read the academic essay on gender in Japanese medieval art.

9.[対面/face to face]:Theorizing “BL (Boys’ Love)” As a Transformative Genre

* Mid-term paper due
*No Student Presentation
Lecture

10.[対面/face to face]:Male Fans in Japan

Students will read the academic essay on “otaku,” “moe,” and consumption.

11.[対面/face to face]:Gender and Work (1)

*Mid-term paper to be returned.
Students will read
“Uchi, Gender and Part-Time Work." (First half)

12.[対面/face to face]:Gender and Work (2)

“Uchi, Gender and Part-Time Work." (Last half)

13.[対面/face to face]:Censorship of and Gender in Films

Students will read the academic essay on the obscenity trial of the film.

14.[対面/face to face]:Sexuality as Discursive Construct

*Final take-home exam questions to be announced.
Student will read the short essay on sexuality as discursive contrast in Japan.

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Students will read assigned texts.
Students will work on one individual or group presentation (depending on enrollment.)
Students will write one mid-term paper.
Students will answer one final take-home exam.
The average time for the above will be four hours per week.

Textbooks

We will not use a textbook.

References

None.

Grading criteria

1. Class Attendance and Participation 20%
2. Mid-term Paper 30%
3. Presentation 20%
4. Final Take-Home Examination 30%

Changes following student comments

None, as I have not taught this course in the past two years.

Equipment student needs to prepare

Hosei Learning Management System "Hoppii"(授業支援システム)will be used.

Others

You should attend the first class as a selection process may occur.

Attendance is mandatory. One absence will be allowed without penalty. Each absence beyond that will result in a penalty that may be equivalent to the lowering of the grade.

Students with a strong interest in gender issues in Japan are especially welcome.