ESOPExchange Students from Overseas Program

The course will introduce contemporary Japanese society with a special focus on performing arts. Students are expected to read academic articles and discuss topics related to the gender representations found in the performing arts of Japan.
Both international students and regular Hosei students will work together in groups to conduct a fieldwork experiment and create presentations and papers on a topic covered in class.

By the end of the course, students should be able to build their knowledge of contemporary Japanese society by critically examining gendered and sexualised images of the performing arts in Japan. In conducting the group work together, both international and domestic students will gain cooperation skills and be able to share their viewpoints, which will be drawn from their diverse perspectives.

英語 / English

This course will be taught through short lectures, group discussions and video analysis. Students are expected to read the assigned readings and discuss related topics in class on a weekly basis. They will also conduct mini-ethnographic projects as a group and write a report at the end of the course. Comments in the reaction paper will be introduced in class and used to deepen our discussions.

あり / Yes

あり / Yes

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

Introduction to the course and to performance studies in contemporary Japanese society

2[対面/face to face]：Art and aesthetics

Creativity in Japanese art

3[対面/face to face]：Gender in the performing arts

Feminism and visual culture

4[対面/face to face]：Transnationalism, globalisation and classical ballet

Westernisation of Japanese ballet

5[対面/face to face]：Film viewing and analysis

Japanese ballet dancers: Maiko Nishino, Miyako Yoshida

6[対面/face to face]：Japanese-influenced performing arts

Japanese traditions in contemporary dance

7[対面/face to face]：Film viewing and analysis

French choreographer: Maurice Béjart

8[対面/face to face]：Ageing bodies and traditional Japanese arts

Geisha and sexuality

9[対面/face to face]：Ageing bodies and avant-garde performing arts in Japan

The philosophy of butoh

10[対面/face to face]："Feminine” performing arts and Japanese masculinity

Male figure skaters and ballet dancers

11[対面/face to face]：Fieldwork methods

How to conduct an ethnography, form a group based on the chosen topic (including at least one domestic Hosei student), submit a plan for mini-ethnography

12[対面/face to face]：Preparations
for mini-ethnography

Group tutorials for mini-ethnography, submit a fieldnote

13[対面/face to face]：Post mini-ethnography project

Data analysis of mini-ethnography: Presentations

14[対面/face to face]：Data analysis of mini-ethnography

Submit a first draft of essay, peer review of essay

1.The instructor will provide a weekly discussion question. Students must answer the question based on the required readings and submit their answer via Hosei Learning Management System to each class.
2.Students will be also expected to spend a significant amount of time outside of class preparing for and conducting a group fieldwork project on a topic covered in class.
a.Every group will submit a plan for their mini-ethnographic study by Week 11.
b.After completing the mini-ethnographic project, they will make a group presentation and each person will write an individual report about it for submission at the end of the course.
The average study time outside of class per week would be roughly 4 hours.

A textbook is not required.

Coates,J., Fraser, L. & Pendleton,M. 2019.The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture. London and New York: Routledge.

Contribution to class discussions (25%)
Weekly assignments (20%)
Prior to the mini-ethnography project: writing a plan (10%)
After the mini-ethnography project: making a presentation (10%) and a 2,000-word report (35%)

Not applicable.

Hosei Learning Management System（授業⽀援システム）will be used: https://hoppii.hosei.ac.jp/portal

You should attend the first class if you are interested in the course.