授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | This course introduces key concepts, discourses, and figures in the fields of cultural studies and theory. In addition to theoretical approaches, you will learn important analytical techniques and interpretive strategies for cultural studies.
This class will build a foundation for further study in more advanced courses by providing you a set of tools to critically analyze (representations of) culture. By the conclusion of the course, you will have a clearer understanding of culture as a contested site for human discourse and action. You will also be more attentive to the “uses” of culture and the dynamics of power in society. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | This is a foundational course for your future engagement with cultural studies. We will discuss definitions of culture and related concepts such as identity, hybridity, translation, power, representation, gender/sexuality. We will pay special attention to concepts and ideologies key to Japanese studies, including Orientalism/exoticism, race/ethnicity, and Nihonjinron (“discourses of Japaneseness”).
W1: Introduction
W2-3: Concepts of culture
W4-5: Nationalisms
W6-9: Cultural representation and signifying practices
W10-11: Orientalism
W12: Postcolonialism
W13-15: Sex & Gender
The above schedule is tentative and subject to change. |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | The course is open to undergraduate students of the Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies program. A limited number of NUPACE students may be admitted pending the permission of the instructor, and depending on the pandemic situation. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Participation 25%
Reading responses 25%
Final project 50%
The above is subject to change depending on the nuber of students in class. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | All weekly readings will be provided by the instructor. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | •Bal, Mieke. Narratology: Introduction to the theory of narrative. 4th edition. U of Toronto Press, 2017.
Barker, Chris. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. Sage Publications, 2016.
• Hall, Stuart, ed. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. Sage Publishing, 1997.
• Milner, Andrew, and Jeff Browitt. Contemporary Cultural Theory: An Introduction. Routledge, 2002.
• Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford University Press, 2017. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Substantial weekly reading assignments; reading responses; final project. |
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履修取り下げ制度（利用の有無）学部のみ
Course withdrawal | | | Possible before the deadline set by NU but not recommended for JACS students. |
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備考
Others | | | The format (online/ in person) will depend on whether all participants are in Japan at the beginning of the course. |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | | This course combines lecture and discussion. |
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