JPNB68 Modern Japan Through the POP Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Anna Křivánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 10:00–13:40 D41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce specific issues of modern Japanese society and the way they are mirorred in the pop-cultural media, especially comics and TV drama.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to define specific problems of modern Japanese society and explain them in the context of popular culture theory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into Japanese society and popular culture I
  • 2. Introduction into Japanese society and popular culture II
  • 3. Changing status of women in Japanese society I
  • 4. Changing status of women in Japanese society II
  • 5. Changing status of women in Japanese society III
  • 6. Sexual minorities in Japanese society I
  • 7. Sexual minorities in Japanese society II
  • 8. Sexual minorities in Japanese society III
  • 9. Contemporary issues of Japanese society – nationalism and political extremism
  • 10. Contemporary issues of Japanese society – discrimination against minorities
  • 11. Contemporary issues of Japanese society – bullying and family violence
  • 12. Final exam
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Allison, Anne: Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996.
  • Ambaras, David Richard: Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005
  • DOI, Takeo. The anatomy of dependence. Translated by John Bester. 1st ed. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973, 170 s. ISBN 0870111817. info
  • Ambaras, David Richard: Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005
  • Family and social policy in Japan : anthropological approaches. Edited by Roger Goodman. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xvii, 237. ISBN 9780521815710. info
  • Kunihiro, Jóko: Media to džendá メディアとジェンダー . Tokio: Keisó šobó, 2012.
  • NAKANE, Chie. Japanese society. 1st ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972, xi, 157. ISBN 0520021541. info
  • Patessio, Mara: Women and Public life in early Meiji Japan. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 2011
  • Cultural theory and popular culture : a reader [Storey, 1998]. Edited by John Storey. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman, 1998, xviii, 646. ISBN 0-13-776121-X. info
  • VOGEL, Ezra F. Japan's new middle class : the salary man and his family in Tokyo suburb. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963, xiii, 299. ISBN 9780520309289. info
  • Tachibanaki, Toshiaki: The New Paradox for Japanese Women? Greater Choice, Greater Inequality. Tokyo: LTCB, 2010
Teaching methods
Lectures with audiovisual materials, discussions on basic sources and self-study of texts.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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