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ART200ZA(芸術学 / Art studies 200)
Japanese Popular Culture

Akiko MIZOGUCHI

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Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
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Year 2022
Class code A6224
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Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 月4/Mon.4
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Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
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Grade 2~4
Credit(s) 2
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Outline and objectives

Popular culture pervades our everyday experiences. Drawing on visual and cultural studies, we will look at the historical and theoretical study of visual culture as described in a book written for North American university students in the first few weeks. Then, we will look at the research involving specific examples of Japanese popular culture.

Goal

Students will learn to critically engage with, analyze and address various modes of Japanese popular culture in the global context.
Students will become familiar with theories of visual and cultural studies.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

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. )

Classes will combine lectures, discussions, and student presentations. In addition to reading critical and theoretical texts, students are expected to experience, or refer back to their past experiences with, cultural objects and practices in question, and analyze them in a global context in their final papers. Students will also conduct research for the final paper.
Feedback to the reaction comments will be given in the beginning of each 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[オンライン/online]:Introduction

Defining visual and cultural studies

2[対面/face to face]:Theories 1: Images, Power, and Politics

Image and ideology, how we negotiate the meaning of images

3[対面/face to face]:Theories 2: Viewers Make Meaning

Reception and the audience

4[対面/face to face]:Theories 3: Spectatorship, Power and Knowledge

Appropriation and cultural production, gender and the gaze

5[対面/face to face]:Theories 4: Postmodernism, Globalization and Popular Culture

Producer’s intended meanings, reflexivity and postmodern identity

6[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 1

The Imperial Family and the media in postwar Japan

7[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 2

Sports as popular culture Students hand in the topics of their final research projects

8[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 3

Takarazuka and kabuki

9[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 4

“Shôjo” in popular culture

10[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 5

Anime fandom in the global context

11[対面/face to face]:Topics in Japanese Popular Culture 6

Japanese fashion (designer fashion and street fashion)

12[対面/face to face]:Research Workshop 1

Student presentations of final paper projects. Feedbacks 1

13[対面/face to face]:Research Workshop 2

Student presentations of final paper projects. Feedbacks 2

14[対面/face to face]:Summary

Revisiting basic theories of visual and cultural studies in relation to Japanese popular culture

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

Students are required to complete reading assignments so that they are ready for class discussions. Students will be asked to speak about the weekly articles at least once during the semester.
Also, students will conduct research, write, and make class presentations. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Textbooks

Sturken, Marita and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of looking: an introduction to visual culture, 2nd ed. NY: Oxford University Press, 2009. (The assigned sections will be made available on Hoppii. Students will not be required to purchase a copy.)

References

Tobin, Joseph J. ed., Re-Made in Japan: Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992.
Richie, Donald. The Image Factory: Fads & Fashions in Japan. London: Reaktion Books, 2003.
Martinez, D.P. (ed.). The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Craig, Timothy J. (ed.). Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture. NY: M.E. Sharp, 2000.
Yano, Christine R. Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek across the Pacific. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013.

Grading criteria

The final grade will be determined by evaluation in the following areas: (1) Participation: Contribution to class discussion (25%) and comment cards (25%), (2) Presentation of the final paper project (10%), (3) Final paper (minimum 700 words) (40%).

Changes following student comments

While I will continue providing a few minutes at the end of the class for the students to write reaction comments and upload them in the designated area on Hoppii, as long as they upload them by noon Tuesday (the next day), they will be treated equally. This will allow equal treatment for all students, including slow-writers.

Others

Do not miss the first class as a selection process may occur.

Prerequisite

None.