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Amazon logo Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513.

Amazon logo Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN: 9780312238636.

Amazon logo Keene, Donald, trans. Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780231035316.



Readings by Session



WEEK #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction to the Course: Asian / Performance / Cultures

Discussion: Performances of Class and Gender - Street vs. Opera
Film: Wu, Tian-Ming. King of Masks, 1996.
2Anime and Japanese CultureGeertz, Clifford. "Notes on the Balinese Cockfight." 1973, republished "Deep Play: notes on the Balinese Cockfight." 1972. Daedalus 134, no. 4 (Fall 2005): 56-86.

Amazon logo Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001, pp. 3-138. ISBN: 9780312238636. (Text)

Film: Kon, Satoshi. Paranoia Agent, 2004. (TV show - Part 1)
3Pokemon and Cross-Cultural InfluenceSelections from Pikachu's Global Adventure

Amazon logo Tobin, Joseph, ed. Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004, chapters 4-6. ISBN: 9780822332879.

Amazon logo Allison, Anne. "Cuteness as Japan's Millennial Product." In Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780822332879.

Selected Short Stories by Haruki Murakami

Haruki, Murakami. "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Everyday," The New Yorker, September 26, 2005.

Film: Kon, Satoshi. Paranoia Agent, 2004. (TV show - Part 2)
4Anime as Performance

Discussion of Issues Related to Paper 1
Amazon logo Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN: 9780312238636. (Finish the book - text)
5Fiction, Music and PoliticsShort Stories by Haruki Murakami

Murakami, Haruki. "UFO in Kushiro," The New Yorker, September, 2001.
6Hip-Hop, Japan and Race as PerformedAmazon logo Wood, Joe. "Yellow Negro." In Giant Steps: A New Generation of African-American Writers. Edited by Kevin Young. New York, NY: Perennial, 2001. ISBN: 9780613339032.

Condry, Ian. "Yellow B-Boys, Black Culture, and the Elvis Effect." In Hip-Hop Japan and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (Forthcoming)

Amazon logo Atkins, Taylor. "The Japanese Jazz Artist and the Authenticity Complex." In Blue Nippon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780822327219.

Film: Watanabe, Shinichirô. Samurai Champloo, 2004. (Selected episodes)
7Asian Identities and Politics through Comics

Tak Toyoshima will Discuss his Editorial Comic Secret Asian Man during the First Half of Class
Amazon logo Murakami, Takashi. Superflat Manifesto. Tokyo, Japan: Madora Shuppan, 2000. ISBN: 9784944079209.

Duus, Peter "Weapons of the Weak, Weapons of the Strong: The Development of the Japanese Political Cartoon." Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 4 (November 2001).

Read "Secret Asian Man" archive. (Selections)

Film: Watanabe, Shinichirô. Samurai Champloo, 2004. (Selected episodes)
8Beijing Film Academy - Animation from ChinaAmazon logo Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513. (First half)
9Gender, Sexuality and PerformanceAmazon logo Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513. (Finish)

Film: Longinotto, Kim, and Jano Williams. Dream Girls, 1994.
10Transgendered Identities in JapanAmazon logo Keene, Donald, trans. Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780231035316. (First half)

Film: Ogawa, Lulu. We Are Transgenders, 1998.
11Cultural Performances and Authenticity

Discussion of Authenticity, 47 Samurai ("Passing" as Failed Ronin)
12Student Presentations

Discussion of Final Paper Topics
13Final Class

 








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