PG SEMINAR 2021: KEYWORDS IN RETHINKING ASIAN MEDIA AND CINEMA CULTURE

Dear all, You could download the file from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ozyzdfp4c0vtqox/Japanese%20pop%20culture%20AKB.pdf Please write me if you have any further questions. cheers Ran

Dear Girls, Thank you for being with me for this whole semester. And I do appreciate your hard work and everything---it is awesome!I am lucky! I have enjoyed being your instructor, and hope you have at least learnt something from our class ; ) Wish you all the best at Nagoya University! And enjoy the summer! Ran Here is the guidelines for the Final Paper Final Paper: Due on August 1 st (Friday), 5pm Write a 1000-1 500 word essay (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around; refer to MLA format style; see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/ ) focusing on topics/concepts/arguments etc. from the whole semester. Don’t be overly concerned with grammar (although spell-check will be helpful!). Please submit the Final Paper to the lecturer’s email address maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the subject “final paper for visual culture” . I’d send out confirmation email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unles

Dear all, you could download it from https://www.dropbox.com/s/895rs0k0st58tui/monster%20and%20cuties.pdf cheers Ran

Dear all, here are the readings for the final session: RR: Barthes, Roland. “Myth Today”, Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader . Su Holmes, Sean Redmond , ed. London: SAGE Pub., 2007 , pp.44-48 link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6nxDP4   password: nsqa ADDED READING Aoyagi, Hiroshi. “Pop Idols And The Asian Identity”, in Japan Pop! Inside The World Of Japanese Popular Culture . Timothy Craig. ed., Armong, NY:M.E.Sharpe, pp.200. , 309-326 link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6G3UHG   password: 09pq Film For Discussion: AKB48 No Flower Without Rain documentary , Dir. Eiki Takahashi, 2013 [English version available online]  NOTE: there are several parts of the streaming file, and you have to review all the parts   http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16hdrd_documentary-of-akb48-no-flower-without-rain-1-12_shortfilms video with English subtitle http://www.downvids.net/akb48-documentary-no-flower-without-rain-english-sub-1-5-2

Note: Dear all, We have added one more reading for the session on July 11th Click "read more" for detailed download links