JAPN 213: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan

Effective Aug 1, 2009

Description:

Manga, Anime & Modern Japan: Reality of an Illusion - This class uses Japanese manga (cartoons) and Anime as modern mirrors that reflect the Japanese experience of rapid economic and social transformation over the past 150 years. Starting with the examination of ancient Japanese style of visual expression, in this course we will trace how popular visual texts such as Manga and Anime sketch out a parallel world that is linked both historically and culturally to the "imagined community" of the Japanese nation-state.

Units

4 Units

Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:

None