Cultural Performances of Asia

Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513.

Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke . New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN: 9780312238636.

Keene, Donald, trans. Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers . New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780231035316.

WEEK #: 2 · TOPICS: Anime and Japanese Culture · READINGS: Geertz, Clifford. “Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.” 1973, republished “Deep Play: notes on the Balinese Cockfight.” 1972. Daedalus 134, no. 4 (Fall 2005): 56-86.

Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke . New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001, pp. 3-138. ISBN: 9780312238636. (Text)

WEEK #: 3 · TOPICS: Pokemon and Cross-Cultural Influence · READINGS: Selections from Pikachu’s Global Adventure

Tobin, Joseph, ed. Pikachu’s Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004, chapters 4-6. ISBN: 9780822332879.

Allison, Anne. “Cuteness as Japan’s Millennial Product.” In Pikachu’s Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780822332879.

Selected Short Stories by Haruki Murakami

Haruki, Murakami. “The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Everyday,” The New Yorker , September 26, 2005.

Discussion of Issues Related to Paper 1 Napier, Susan. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke . New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN: 9780312238636. (Finish the book - text)

WEEK #: 5 · TOPICS: Fiction, Music and Politics · READINGS: _Short Stories by Haruki Murakami _ Murakami, Haruki. “UFO in Kushiro,” The New Yorker , September, 2001.

WEEK #: 6 · TOPICS: Hip-Hop, Japan and Race as Performed · READINGS: Wood, Joe. “Yellow Negro.” In Giant Steps: A New Generation of African-American Writers . Edited by Kevin Young. New York, NY: Perennial, 2001. ISBN: 9780613339032.

Condry, Ian. “Yellow B-Boys, Black Culture, and the Elvis Effect.” In Hip-Hop Japan and the Paths of Cultural Globalization . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (Forthcoming)

Atkins, Taylor. “The Japanese Jazz Artist and the Authenticity Complex.” In Blue Nippon . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780822327219.

Tak Toyoshima will Discuss his Editorial Comic Secret Asian Man during the First Half of Class Murakami, Takashi. Superflat Manifesto . Tokyo, Japan: Madora Shuppan, 2000. ISBN: 9784944079209.

Duus, Peter “Weapons of the Weak, Weapons of the Strong: The Development of the Japanese Political Cartoon.” Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 4 (November 2001).

WEEK #: 8 · TOPICS: Beijing Film Academy - Animation from China · READINGS: Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513. (First half)

WEEK #: 9 · TOPICS: Gender, Sexuality and Performance · READINGS: Robertson, Jennifer. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520211513. (Finish)

WEEK #: 10 · TOPICS: Transgendered Identities in Japan · READINGS: Keene, Donald, trans. Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers . New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780231035316. (First half)

Film: Ogawa, Lulu. We Are Transgenders , 1998.