UPDATED Final Section Japanese Popular Culture II: Myth & AKB 48

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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-1-5-2-2--542421.html

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