授業情報
※身につく能力について
複数の学科・専攻・コースで開講されている科目は、開講を担当する学科・専攻・コースの定めた「身につく能力」を表示しているため、履修要項・大学院要覧記載の「身につく能力」とは異なるものが表示されていることがあります。
授業によっては、「身につく能力」の記載がない場合もあります。
そのため「身につく能力」については履修要項・大学院要覧も確認するようにしてください。
| 授業コード Course Code |
2MF3025000
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| 授業開講年度 Year of Class |
2024年度
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| 授業形態 Course Mode |
講義(対面授業)
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| 授業名称 Class Name |
KCSOC205Contemporary Japanese Society/KC3043Contemporary Japanese Society
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| テーマ Theme |
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| 科目名 Name of Subject |
KCSOC205Contemporary Japanese Society
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英字科目名
English Name of Subject |
Contemporary Japanese Society
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身につく能力
Ability to be Acquired in This Class
◎=科目に最も関連する能力
〇=科目に関連する能力
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知識・理解
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Basic academic skills
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| 知識・理解
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General academic skills
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〇
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| 汎用的技能
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Communication in multiple languages
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| 汎用的技能
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Ability to analyse Japan's role in a globalizing society
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◎
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| 態度・志向性
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Leadership
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| 態度・志向性
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Humanity capable of forging transcultural human relations
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〇
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| 態度・志向性
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Ability to use language skills to engage in group projects
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| 統合的な学習経験と創造的思考力
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Ability to analyse problems that arise in global society and search for solutions to them
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| 科目単位数 Credit |
4
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| 履修期 Term |
春学期
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| 教員氏名 Name of Teacher |
小高 麻衣子
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| 開講キャンパス Campus |
横浜
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| 曜時 Day and Period |
火曜４時限(春学期), 金曜４時限(春学期)
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| 授業概要 Course Description |
This course is designed as an introduction to Japanese culture, with a particular focus on contemporary social issues. We begin the course by providing an overview of historical development of anthropological interests in Japan, and critically examining Nihonjin-ron (theories of Japanese-ness) to provide frameworks for approaching Japanese social problems. We will then discuss specific Japanese social problems such as the family, minorities in Japan, youth problems, popular/sub culture, gender/sexuality, and how to understand virtual relationships in contemporary otaku/oshi-katsu culture.
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| 到達目標 Class Goals |
Through this course, students will:
- Achieve nuanced understanding of contemporary Japanese society through critically examining the social problems from sociological/ anthropological perspectives
- Develop critical thinking to a certain topic and sustain an original question, reflecting their own experiences.
- Develop the habit of sharing their own knowledge and discussing their opinions
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| 授業言語 Language |
英語
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| アクティブ・ラーニング Active Learning |
アクティブ・ラーニング対応
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授業計画
Daily Class Schedule
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【第1回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Nihinjin-ron
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 1 N/A
Lecture 2 Read for Class: Rodger Goodman (2005) “Making Majority Culture”
Jennifer Robertson (2008) “Introduction: Putting and Keeping Japan in Anthropology”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 1 Homework: Self-introduction of 200 words including an introduction of yourself, reasons for taking this course, and your goals + a photo of yourself.
Lecture 2 Homework: Prepare for quiz
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第2回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 3 The IE Ideology
Lecture 4 Japan as Orient/Occident
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 3 Read for Class: Takami Kuwayama (2001) “The Discourse of le (Family) in Japan's Cultural Identity and Nationalism: A Critique”
Lecture 4Read for Class: Koichi Iwabuchi (2009) Complicit exoticism: Japan and its other
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 3 Homework: Examine the significance of IE system with reference to your own experience/observation
Lecture 4 Homework: Prepare for quiz
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第3回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 5 Cool Japan as Soft Power?
Lecture 6 Ainu and Golden Kamuy
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 5 Read for Class:Douglas McGray (2002) “Japan’s Gross National Cool”
Lecture 6 Read for Class: Kinko Ito (2019) “Golden Kamuy: Can this popular manga contribute to Ainu Studies?”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 5 Homework: How far do think Cool Japan has been successful?
Lecture 6 Homework: Can any popular media contribute to grow awareness of minority group?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第4回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 7 Zainichi Koreans
Lecture 8 Film viewing (GO)
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 7 Read for Class: John Lee (2008) “Zainichi Recognitions: Japan's Korean Residents' Ideology and Its Discontents”
Lecture 8 N/A
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 7 Homework: Describe some of the problems or difficulties Zainichi Koreans might experience in Japan.
Lecture 8 Homework: Write comments on film.
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第5回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 9 New Working Class
Lecture 10 Hikikomori and the 8050 problem
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 9 David Slater (2010) “The Making of Japan’s New Working Class: ‘Freeters’ and the Progression from Middle School to the Labor Market”
Lecture 10 Read for Class: Sachiko Horiguchi (2012) “HIKIKOMORI: How private isolation caught the public eye”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 9 Homework: How education system shape class system?
Lecture 10 Homework: Explain why it's important for people to understand hikikomori and to help those who are affected by it.
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第6回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 11 Film viewing (Hikikomori)
Lecture 12 Commercialization of Sex among Youth
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 11 N/A
Lecture 12 Read for Class: Chizuko Ueno (2003) "Self-determination on sexuality? Commercialization of sex among teenage girls in Japan"
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 11 Homework: Write comments on film.
Lecture 12 Homework: How do you think of “self-determination” of school girls?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第7回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 13 Crafting Masculinity
Lecture 14 Film viewing (Salaryman)
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 13 Romit Dasgupta (2013) “Working with Heterosexuality: Sexuality, Marriage, Fatherhood, and Salaryman Masculinity”
Lecture 14 N/A
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 13 Homework: Examine how men in Japan are affected by heterosexual discourse.
Lecture 14 Homework: Write comments on film.
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第8回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 15 Cuteness and Cruelty
Lecture 16 Queer Space and Identity
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 15 Read for Class: Sharon Kinsella (1995) “Cuties in Japan”
Lecture 16 Read for Class: Sabine Fruehstueck (2022) “Queer Identities and Activisms”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 15 Homework: Prepare for quiz.
Lecture 16 Homework: What changes to bring in order to create better and fairer society to Queer people?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第9回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 17 Film viewing (Queer Japan)
Lecture 18 Girls’ Power?
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 17 N/A
Lecture 18 Read for Class: Isaac Gagné (2008) “Urban Princesses: Performance and ‘Women's Language’ in Japan’s Gothic/Lolita Subculture
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 17 Homework: Write comments on film
Lecture 18 Homework: How fashion can be subversive?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第10回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 19 Hip-hop and Masculinity
Lecture 20 Film viewing (Dream girls)
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 19 Read for Class: Ian Condry (2007) “Yellow B-Boys, Black Culture, and Hip-Hop in Japan”
Lecture 20 N/A
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 19 Homework: Hip-hop in Japan, is it cultural appropriation or appreciation?
Lecture 20 Homework: Write comments on film.
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第11回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 21 Idol Culture
Lecture 22 Host/Hostess Club
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 21 Read for Class: Jason G. Karlin (2012) “Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising, Idols, and the Making of Fan Audiences”
Lecture 22 Read for Class: Akiko Takeyama (2016) “Intimacy for Sale: Masculinity, Entrepreneurship, and Commodity Self in Japan’s Neoliberal Situation”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 21 Homework: How do fans contribute to the success and sustainability of idol groups?
Lecture 22 Homework: How gender is performed, commodified, and consumed in the realm of host/hostess club?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第12回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 23 Film viewing (The Great Happiness Place)
Lecture 24 Sex work
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 23 N/A
Lecture 24 Read for Class: Gabriele Koch (2020) Healing Labor: Japanese Sex Work in the Gendered Economy (Esp. Chapter 4)
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 23 Homework: Write comments on film.
Lecture 24 Homework: How far do you think sex work is “gendered”?
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第13回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 25 Otaku Culture
Lecture 26 Oshi-katsu and virtual relationship
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 25 Read for Class: Thomas LaMarre (2006) “Otaku Movement”
Lecture 26 Read for class: Maiko Kodaka (2022) “The Coin-Operated Boyfriend: Recognition and Intimacy as Commodities in Japanese Jōsei-muke Adult Video Fan Communities.”
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 25 Homework: How different otaku is from “audience”?
Lecture 26 Homework: Prepare for Presentation and Essay
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第14回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 27 Presentation
Lecture 28 Presentation
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 27 Prepare for Presentation and Essay
Lecture 28 Prepare for Presentation and Essay
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 27 Comments/Feedbacks for Presentation
Lecture 28 Comments/Feedbacks for Presentation
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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【第15回】
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授業内容
Content/Topic
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Lecture 29 Final Review
Lecture 30 Final Review
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予習内容
Preparation for Class
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Lecture 29 Evaluate comments and feedbacks
Lecture 30 Evaluate comments and feedbacks
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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復習内容
Review of Class
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Lecture 29 Prepare for Essay
Lecture 30 Prepare for Essay
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目安時間
Hours
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2 時間
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授業に関する注意事項
Remarks for Class |
This course adopts active learning, incorporating readings, screenings, and group discussions. Assigned readings for each class must be completed beforehand. Thoughtful and productive contributions during class demonstrate engagement with the assigned materials and readiness for discussion.
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| 教科書 Texts |
There is no specific textbook for the course. All assigned readings are available by any means specified by the instructor.
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| 参考書 Reference Books |
Yoshio Sugimoto (2015). An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press (5th edition).
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課題フィードバック方法区分
Assignment Feedback Method |
授業時間内に講評・解説を行い、授業時間外はmanabaで行う
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課題フィードバック方法内容
Assignment Feedback Method Content |
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成績評価の基準
Evaluation Criteria |
Attendance/Participation 10% Homework/In Class Assignments 15% Quiz sessions 15%, Presentation 30%, and Final Essay 30&
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| 備考 Notes |
Class contents and topic order are subject to modification.
Details for the distribution of final grade will be confirmed on the first day of class and will be subject to change depending upon enrollment size. The above final evaluation breakdown is therefore subject to change.
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| 添付ファイルの注意事項 Notice |
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| 更新日時 Date of Update |
2024年02月28日 13時24分05秒
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