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JAPANGEN 51: Japanese Business Culture and Systems (JAPANGEN 251)

Japanese sociocultural dynamics in industrial and corporate structures, negotiating styles, decision making, and crisis management. Practicum on Japan market strategies.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Dasher, R. (PI)

JAPANGEN 57: How to Find Modern Japan: A Gateway Course (JAPANGEN 157)

An introduction to key locales in the cultural production of modern Japanese identity, offering a virtual tour of Japan and its significant others through major works of Japanese literature and film. Particular attention to sociohistorical context.
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Levy, I. (PI)

JAPANGEN 60: Asian Arts and Cultures (ARTHIST 2)

An introduction to major monuments, themes, styles, and media of East and South Asian visual arts, in their social, literary, religious, and political contexts. Through close study of primary monuments of architectural, pictorial, and sculptural arts and related texts, this course will explore ritual and mortuary arts; Buddhist arts across Asia; narrative and landscape images; and courtly, urban, monastic, and studio environments for art from Bronze Age to modern eras.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Vinograd, R. (PI)

JAPANGEN 75N: Around the World in Seventeen Syllables: Haiku in Japan, the U.S., and the Digital World

Preference to freshmen. Origins of the haiku form in Japan, its place in the discourse of Orientalism during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the West, its appropriation by U.S.devotees of Zen and the beat poets after WW II, and its current transformation into a global form through the Internet.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Carter, S. (PI)

JAPANGEN 82N: Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan

What do old and young people share in common? With a focus on Japan, a country with a large long-living population, this seminar spotlights older people's lives as a reflectiion of culture and society, history, and current social and personal changes. Through discussion of multidisciplinary studies on age, analysis of narratives, and films, we will gain a closer understanding of Japanese society and the multiple meanings of growing up and older. Students will also create a short video/audio profile of an older individual, and we will explore cross-cultural comparisons.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP

JAPANGEN 92: Traditional East Asian Culture: Japan

Required for Chinese and Japanese majors. Introduction to Japanese culture in historical context. Previous topics include:shifting paradigms of gender relations and performance, ancient mythology, court poetry and romance, medieval war tales, and the theaters of Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Carter, S. (PI)

JAPANGEN 121: Translating Japan, Translating the West (JAPANGEN 221)

Translation lies at the heart of all intercultural exchange. This course introduces students to the specific ways in which translation has shaped the image of Japan in the West, the image of the West in Japan, and Japan's self-image in the modern period. What texts and concepts were translated by each side, how, and to what effect? No prior knowledge of Japanese language necessary.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP

JAPANGEN 124: Manga as Literature

Analysis of representative manga as narratives that combine verbal and visual elements, with attention to historical and cultural background. Representative manga by Tezuka Osamu, Tatsumi Yoshihiro, Koike Kazuo, Taniguchi Jiro, Natsume Ono, Kono Fumiyo, and others. All readings in English.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Carter, S. (PI)

JAPANGEN 126: The Vampire in Anime

Analysis of anime where vampires play central roles as characters and/or in plot development. Comparison of character and plot development within anime series and Western vampire literature will be the main focus; attention will also be paid to the development of the vampire as a literary and film character in the West, the conception of the supernatural in Japanese culture, and the points of similarity and difference between the two.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4
Instructors: Harrison, L. (PI)

JAPANGEN 133: Japanese Media Culture (JAPANGEN 233)

Explores cultural aspects of contemporary media in Japan, including television, cassette tape, video games, digital media, and the internet. How these new media cultures have challenged existing aesthetics, shifted social norms, restructured media industries, and generated new forms of personal expression. Impact on older media like film and the novel.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Roquet, P. (PI)
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