2019年度

＜概要/Course Content Summary＞

This course uses analytic perspectives from social and cultural anthropology to explore the popular impact of Japanese culture in the US, and conversely to examine the influences of American culture on Japan. Rather than focusing on the over-examined perspectives of political， economic， diplomatic relationships between the U.S. and Japan， this course takes an alternative view to examine the ways these two cultures interact with one another through art， entertainment， food， sports， music， and popular culture. 　
The course begins with a brief historical overview of US-Japan interactions from the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in the mid-19th century， and early impressions of Japanese travelers to the US and vice-versa， but the principal focuses will be on the mutual and reflective influences of each culture today.

＜授業計画/Schedule＞

＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞

Attendance and contribution to discussion: 30%　
Repots: 20% 　
Presentation: 20%　
Term Paper: 30%　

＜テキスト/Textbook＞

Assorted articles will be assigned.

＜参考文献/Reference Book＞

Benedict Anderson， Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Rev. ed. (Verso， 1991). 　
Arjun Appadurai， Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization， Public Worlds; vol. 1. (University of Minnesota Press， 1996). 　
Thomas L. Friedman， The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Farrar， Straus & Giroux.， 1999). 　
Ulf Hannerz， Transnational Connections: Culture， People， Places， Comedia (Routledge， 1996). 　
George Ritzer， The McDonaldization Thesis: Explorations and Extensions (Sage Publications， 1998). 　
Joseph J. Tobin， Re-Made in Japan: Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society (Yale University Press， 1994). 　
John Tomlinson， Globalization and Culture (University of Chicago Press， 1999). 　
James L. Watson， ed.， Golden Arches East: McDonalds in East (Stanford University Press， 1997). 　
Jipangu，， Japan Made in USA（Jipangu1998）　
Jonathan Xavier Inda and Renato Rosaldo (eds) The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader， (Backwell Pubulishing， 2002).　
Ian Condry， Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and Paths of Cultural Globalization (Duke University Press， 2006). 　
Tony Mitchell (ed)， Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside of USA (Middletown， Conn. : Wesleyan University Press， 2001).　
Taylor Atkins， Blue Nippon (Duke University Press， 2001)　
Ann Allison， Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (University of California Press， 2006).