21G.039 / 21G.037 Japanese Popular Culture, Spring 2003

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Condry, Ian
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Japanese Popular Culture
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Abstract
This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis will be on contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power in global culture industries.
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2003-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103558
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Global Languages
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21G.039-Spring2003
local: 21G.039
local: 21G.037
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Keywords
japan, popular culture, media, capitalism, comics, hip-hop, music, animation, movie, sports, sexuality, race, gender, fan communities, culture, manga, pop, popular music, anime, Japanese animated films, power, global culture industries, 21F.039, 21F.037
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