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topics:
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Tu. Problems,
Parameters, & Pop Quiz Th. The Foundation & Transformation of Edo-Tokyo |
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materials:
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Edo
Culture, chapters 1 and 2 PopSite: Mapping the Urbanscape of Edo-Tokyo |
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task:
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Learn the Lay of the Land in PopSite Maps | |
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topics:
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Tu. The
Body as Site of Cultural (Dis)play Th. Spectacles & the Carnivalesque |
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materials:
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"Sky
& Water: The Deep Structures of Tokyo" (OR) Edo Culture, chapter 12 PopSite 1: Roaming Ryôgoku |
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task:
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PopThought 1 Due by Class Time Thursday | |
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topics:
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Tu. Taking
the Kink Out of Kabuki (study guidelines) Th. Street Knights & Transvestites |
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materials:
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"Sex,
Art, & Edo Culture: An Introduction" (OR) |
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task:
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PopThought 2 Due by Class Time Thursday | |
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topics:
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Tu. The
Playground of the Pleasure Quarters Th. The Tsû as Professional Player |
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materials:
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The
Life of an Amorous Man (excerpts) (OR) "Age of the Dandy: The Flowering of Yoshiwara Arts" (OR) PopSite 3: A Night at the Yoshiwara |
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task:
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PopThought 3 Due by Class Time Thursday | |
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topics:
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Tu. Sex,
Lies, and Ukiyo-e Th. Embodying the Erotic in Edo Pornography |
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materials:
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Sex
and the Floating World, 7-87 Sex and the Floating World, 88-192 |
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task:
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Proposal
for Engaging Thoughts 2 Due Tuesday Engaging Thoughts 1 Due Next Tuesday |
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Scene 1 (3/12-14): Modern Sakariba, Modern Media, Modern Girls |
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topics:
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Tu. Sketching
Modern Urban Life Th. Society of the Media Spectacle |
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materials:
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Tokyo
Rising (excerpts) (OR) During the Rains (excerpts) (OR) PopSite 4: Cruising the Ginza and Asakusa |
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task:
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Engaging
Thoughts 1 Due Tuesday PopThought 4 Due Next Tuesday (3/19) |
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topics:
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Tu. Modern
Gender Roles in Japan Th. Good Wife, Wise Mother, Butch-Femme |
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materials:
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EJPC :
"Takarazuka" Takarazuka, 1- 88 |
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task:
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View Takarazuka
web sites: Official Takarazuka Web Site (in English, so read it!) Current Takrazuka Stars (in Japanese) Current Production at Grand Theatre |
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topics:
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Tu. Shôjo
as Social Syndrome Th. The (Wo)man of Your Dreams |
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materials:
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Takarazuka,
139-215 Video: Dreamgirls (in class) Takarazuka Fan Sites, Etc. |
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task:
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Extra credit for cross-dressing this week! | |
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topics:
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Tu. Dreamgirls
video (in class) Th. The Cult of Cute/Godzilla vs. Hello Kitty |
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materials:
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"Cuties
in Japan" (OR) |
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task:
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Engaging
Thoughts 2 Rough Draft Due Thursday PopThought 5 Due Next Tuesday (4/16) |
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topics:
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Tu. History
& Heroes of Manga Th. Manga's Imagined Worlds |
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materials:
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Dreamland
Japan, 19-68, 136-140, 233-304 In EJPC: "Tezuka, Osamu" The Story of Tezuka Osamu (Japanese w/ subtitles; Flash) Manga on reserve; English summary of Ranma 1/2 manga PopSite 6: Engendering Manga-Anime, part xy |
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task:
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Continue Engaging Thoughts 2 | |
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topics:
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Tu. Anime
as Academic Topic Th. Body and Being in Anime |
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materials:
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Anime:
From Akira to Princess Mononoke, chapters 1-3, 10 In EJPC: "Miyazaki, Hayao," "Otomo, Katsuhiro" Anime: Ranma 1/2 (in class) Anime: Akira (7-9PM, Media Viewing Room in Library): Synopsis Anime: Princess Mononoke (4-6PM, Media Viewing Room in Library) PopSite 6: Engendering Manga-Anime, part xx |
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task:
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PopThought 6 Due Thursday | |
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topics:
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Tu. Mecha
& Morphing: Human/Machine Relations Th. Digital Identity: No-body, Never-mind |
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materials:
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From
Akira to Princess Mononoke, chapters 4-6 "Hacking Your Own Ghost: Mythology in the Science Fiction Films of Oshii Mamoru as Sites of Resistance" (online) Anime: Mecha and Gender Mix (in class) Anime: The Ghost in the Shell (7-9PM, Media Viewing Room in Library) Anime: Perfect Blue (7-9PM, Media Viewing Room in Library) |
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task:
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Continue Engaging Thoughts 2 | |
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topics:
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Tu. Manga-Anime
Follow-up Th. Global Otaku Tu. Pop Quiz |
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materials:
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"Magical
Girls and Atomic Bomb Sperm: Japanese Animation in America" (OR) Dreamland Japan, 305-340 From Akira to Princess Mononoke, 239-256 In EJPC: Your Choices On Web: "Japanese Pop Culture Abroad" The World's Biggest Otaku Otaku World Otakuzine (nothing to do with J-pop, but a cool e-zine anyway) |
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task:
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Engaging Thoughts 2 (see this link for deadlines) | |