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Class Detail:
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WN 2012
Asian Studies
ASIAN
252
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Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture
Section
001
Japanese Encounter with the West
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Credits:
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3
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Requirements & Distribution:
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HU
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Other:
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FYSem, WorldLit
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Waitlist Capacity:
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99
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Consent:
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With permission of instructor.
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Advisory Prerequisites:
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No knowledge of Japanese language is required.
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Repeatability:
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May be elected twice for credit.
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Primary Instructor:
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Ramirez-Christensen,E
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(real time availability for all sections)
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This course will focus on the various phases of Japan's encounter with the West from the 16th-century introduction of Christianity to the mid-19th century opening to Western trade and institutions, and the American occupation after WWII. We will examine the shifting representations of the West in the Japanese imagination, for example, as object of aspiration and identification, as "barbarian" enemy and rival, protective father-figure, space of erotic fantasy, and so on. In sum, what roles has "the West" played as the Other in the ongoing project of Japanese self-definition, and why?
Readings will include both contemporary fiction and cultural studies materials. Course Requirements: discussions, four two-page essays, and a final paper. Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted
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Course Syllabi
Syllabi are available to current LSA students. IMPORTANT: These syllabi are provided to give students a general idea about the courses, as offered by LSA departments and programs in prior academic terms. The syllabi do not necessarily reflect the assignments, sequence of course materials, and/or course expectations that the faculty and departments/programs have for these same courses in the current and/or future terms.
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
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ISBN: 9780800871864
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Silence, Author: Endo?, Shu?saku, 1923-1996., Publisher: Taplinger Pub. Co 1980
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Required
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ISBN: 9780394536637
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Naomi, Author: Tanizaki, Jun?ichiro?, 1886-1965., Publisher: Knopf 1985
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 4805306653
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In praise of shadows, Author: Tanizaki, Jun?ichiro?, 1886-1965., Publisher: Tuttle Publ 2008
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780520045095
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They came to Japan : an anthology of European reports on Japan, 1543-1640, Publisher: University of California Press 1981
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9781568360287
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As we saw them : the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, Author: Miyoshi, Masao., Publisher: Kodansha International 1994
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780393046861
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Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II, Author: Dower, John W., Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co 1999
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: http://sit
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Japanamerica how Japanese pop culture has invaded the U.S., Author: Kelts, Roland., Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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