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

WEEK 9/December 1 st    Required Readings: Napier, Susan J. 2001. “Anime and Local/Global Identity”. In Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation . Palgrave Macmillan.15-24.  Otmazgin, Nissim. 2016. “Soft Powering Popular Culture: Discourse and Policy Making in Japan’s Content Industries.” In Social Commentary on State and Society in Modern Japan , edited by Y Sugita, 1–181. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2395-8. [click HERE ] Orbaugh, Sharalyn. 2006. “Frankenstein and the Cyborg Metropolis: The Evolution of Body and City in Science Fiction Narratives”. In Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation . Edited by Brown Stephen. Palgrave McMillian. 81-111. [click HERE ] REFERENCE READING: Schaub. Joseph, C. 2001. “ Kusanagi's body: Gender and technology in mecha ‐ anime”. Asian Journal of Communication . Vol 11.[click HERE ] ADDED Lamarre, Thomas. 2002. “Between Cinema and Anime.”  Japan

Reading Journal: Due dates Nov 16th & Dec 21st . Write a 500-word reading journal (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around) focusing on assigned reading for the previous month (assignment for Nov 16 th to review readings till Week 6; Dec 18 th to review readings between Week 7-11). Don’t be overly concerned with grammar (although spell-check will be helpful!), but do put a lot of thinking into your reading journals since they will be key to fruitful discussions in class and even your final paper. Please submit the Journal to the lecturer’s email address maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the subject “Reading Journal I/II”. I’d send out confirmation email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unless emergency happens. All assignments are preferably submitted to the teacher in Word Doc (if you haven’t installed it, PDF is fine), via email. The Word file should contain “Seminar” and the STUDENT’S NAME in its file name .

Yasukuni, by LI Ying WEEK 8/ November 24 th    NOTE:I will do a 15-min presentation on that day. Also please be prepared for the writing session. All working sheets would be collected at the end of the semester, as part of your TAKE HOME PROJECT portfolio.  Required Readings Efird, Rob. 2012. “Regionalism and National Dis-integration: Li Ying’s Yasukuni and the Co-creation of East Asia”. In Popular Culture Co-production and Collaborations in East and Southeast Asia . Edited by Nissim Otmazgin and Eyal Ben Ari. 171-184 [click HERE ] NOTE: link expires by Nov 30th. Hamid, Naficy. 2006, “Situating Accented Cinema”, Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader , edited by Elizabeth Ezra and Terry Rowden, Routledge, 111-129  [click HERE ] NOTE: you would be directed to Northwestern's link to Naficy's book chapter--which is longer. Hess, John. & Zimmermann, Patricia, R. 2006, “Transnational Documentaries: A Manifesto”, Transna