Course Info: HACU-0246
| Course | HACU-0246 J-Pop and Beyond |
| Long Title | J-Pop and Beyond: Japanese Popular Cultural in the Transnational Context |
| Term | 2019S |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Music and Dance Building 110 on M,W from 2:30-3:50 |
| Faculty | Junko Oba |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 7 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Culture, Humanities, and Languages |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | In this course, students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | This course examines contemporary Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding cultural dimensions of globalization and its complex operation, which transcends traditional national boundaries. Narrowly defined, J-Pop refers to a genre of music that has dominated Japan's music scene since the early1990s. In this course, we extend our investigation to include various other media, forms, and expressions of popular culture related to our interest, such as manga, anime, films, computer games, and distinctive fashions. These cultural industries together play an important role in the transnational production and dissemination of images and ideas about race, gender, and sexuality. We also examine the phenomenon from a consumer's side, by delving into the subcultures and subcultural praxis of people called "otaku" (nerd, geek, mania) who have supported and propelled the transnational trend through their compulsive consumption of both tangible and intangible commodities of J-pop and avid networking. |