ASIAN 2260

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ASIAN 2260
Popular Culture of Japan

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

Writing-intensive course that examines and analyzes the emergence of and transitions in particular forms of culture for mass consumption in Japan. Materials range from the Tokugawa period - Japan's early modern era (1603-1868) - to the present. This course focuses on several overarching themes: media, responses to modernity, cyberspace and community, illustrated fiction and manga, and various manifestations of fandom.


Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)

Course Subfield (SC)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16453 ASIAN 2260   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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