SES # | TOPICS | KEY DUE DATES |
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1 |
Introduction to the Course
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2 | Feminist Social Theory and Cross Cultural Perspective | Microtheme due |
3 | Guest Lecturer: Professor Edward Schiappa, Comparative Media Studies, MIT | |
4 | Women and Media + "Rotten Girls" (fujoshi) Manga | Microtheme due |
5 | "Rotten Girls" (fujoshi) Manga (cont.) | Microtheme due |
6 | "Cool Japan" and Its Discontents | Microtheme due |
7 | Participatory / Convergence Culture | Microtheme due |
8 | Capital, Debt, and Power | Microtheme due |
Special Event in Lieu of Class: Dissolve Unconference: A Summit on Inequality | ||
9 | Peer Review Writing Workshop | Essay 1 draft due |
10 |
Robots, Gender, and Sexism in 21st Century Japan Screening: Shanghai Dragon. Directed by Shoji Kawamori. Color, 20 min. 2007. | Essay 1 due |
11 | Robots, Gender, and Sexism in 21st Century Japan (cont.) | Microtheme due |
12 | Anime and Collaborative Creativity | Microtheme due |
13 | Anime and Collaborative Creativity (cont.) | Microtheme due |
14 | Either Attend Class or Attend Harvard University Professor Theodore C. Bestor's lecture "Washoku on the World Stage: UNESCO and the Promotion of Japanese Cuisine." | |
15 | Gender and Performance | |
16 | Host Clubs, Masculinity, and Seduction | |
17 | Onnagata | |
18 | Idols and Celebrity Culture | |
19 | Gender and Games (featuring Kyrie) | Essay 2 due |
20 |
Queer Japan Screening: We Are Transgenders. Directed by Lulu Ogawa. Color, 78 min. 1998. | |
21–23 | Final Presentations | |
24 | Conclusions and Future Questions | Final paper due |