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Lecture notes files.
| WEEK # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE FILES |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Course: Asian / Performance / Cultures
Discussion: Performances of Class and Gender - Street vs. Opera |
(PDF) |
| 2 |
Anime and Japanese Culture |
(PDF) |
| 3 |
Pokemon and Cross-Cultural Influence |
(PDF) |
| 4 |
Anime as Performance
Discussion of Issues Related to Paper 1 |
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| 5 |
Fiction, Music and Politics |
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| 6 |
Hip-Hop, Japan and Race as Performed |
(PDF) |
| 7 |
Asian Identities and Politics through Comics
Tak Toyoshima will Discuss his Editorial Comic Secret Asian Man During the First Half of Class |
(PDF) |
| 8 |
Beijing Film Academy - Animation from China |
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| 9 |
Gender, Sexuality and Performance |
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| 10 |
Transgendered Identities in Japan |
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| 11 |
Cultural Performances and Authenticity
Discussion of Authenticity, 47 Samurai ("Passing" as Failed Ronin) |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Student Presentations
Discussion of Final Paper Topics |
(PDF 1)# (Courtesy of Yuichi Washida. Used with permission.)
(PDF 2) |
| 13 |
Final Class |
(PDF) |