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2021 Summer I
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| ASST 2238 - Visual Anthropology of Modern Japan |
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This course offers an anthropological approach to systems of visual communication that are central to understanding Japanese society and culture. Themes and perspectives from visual anthropology will be applied to visual sign systems of everyday life (writing, clothes, food, etc.), to the prevalence and influences of popular culture emphasizing mass mediated forms of manga (comic books), advertisements, etc. The course will also include ethnographic films about Japanese culture as well as a review of how Japanese culture is communicated to mass audiences through classic and contemporary feature films as well as network television. We will try to unpack some of the stereotypic reductions common to superficial knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture. Credit Hours: 3.000 Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Base Lecture Division: Undergraduate Department: CLA:Asian Studies |
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