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2020年度


99100004-052 

△Humanities and Global Issues-52
Humanities and Global Issues-52
2単位/Unit  秋学期/Fall  今出川/Imadegawa  講義/Lecture

  池端 千賀子/IKEHATA Chikako

<概要/Course Content Summary>

This course examines the political, economic, and social contexts in which Japanese culture is produced and disseminated, particularly focusing on its complex relationships with other Asian countries and with the West. We begin with an overview of the Showa period, when Japan was modernizing itself by adopting Western styles and was becoming a colonial power in Asia. Then we discuss topics such as language, religion, class, gender, race, film, and others. By looking into some major aspects of Japanese culture from various perspectives, we will analyze the characteristics of Japan's cultural and social development and the relationship between its domestic dynamics and its international relations. The course helps students understand continual changes in contemporary Japan and gain a broader transnational perspectives on culture in general.

<到達目標/Goals,Aims>

Students will be able to: 1) understand diverse aspects and interpretations of Japanese culture; 2) have a critical view on how Japanese culture has been created and recreated; and 3) gain insight into understanding the formation of culture in general.

<授業計画/Schedule>

(実施回/
Week)
(内容/
Contents)
(授業時間外の学習/
Assignments)
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Introduction to the course and Introducing yourself  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Purchase textbook and read Introdution 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Showa-era japan and beyond: from Imperial to Japan Inc.  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 1 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) The cultures and Politics of language in Japan today  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 3 and reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Religion in contemporary Japanese lives  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 5 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Film on religion in Japan  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Film worksheet 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Social class and social identity in postwar Japan  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 8 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) The politics of gender in Japan  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 9 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Race, ethnicity, and minorities in modern Japan  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 12 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) (内容/ Contents) Life on the margines in Japan: homeless, migrant day laborers, and people with disabilities  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 13 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) 10  (内容/ Contents) Film on Japanese family  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Film worksheet 
(実施回/ Week) 11  (内容/ Contents) Japanese film and television  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 17 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) 12  (内容/ Contents) Cultural flows: Japan and East Asia  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 21 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) 13  (内容/ Contents) Cuisine and identity in contemporary Japan  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Read Chapter 22 and write reading responses 
(実施回/ Week) 14  (内容/ Contents) Student presentation (1)  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Write final essay 
(実施回/ Week) 15  (内容/ Contents) Student presentation (2)  (授業時間外の学習/ Assignments) Write final essay 

<成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria>

期末レポート試験・論文  30%  Final paper and presentation 
クラスで発表など  30%  Discussion leader and participation 
小テスト  40%  Weekly quizzes on the assigned readings and reading responses 

<テキスト/Textbook>

Victoria Lyon Bestor and Theodore C. Bestor eds. , Routladge handbook of Japanese Culture and Society ,  Paperback .   (Routledge, 2013) ,  344 pages .  ISBN:978-0415709149 

 

 

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