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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The concept of globalization fosters the understanding of the interconnectedness of cultures and societies geographically wide apart; America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Subject scans existing debates over globalization around the world. This course explores how globalization impacts everyday life in the First and Third World; how globalizat
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- foreign languages and literatures
- globalization; society; geography; america; europe; asia; africa; third worrld; development; contemporary culture; religion; politics; youth; developing nation
- globalization
- society
- geography
- america
- europe
- asia
- africa
- third worrld
- development
- contemporary culture
- religion
- politics
- youth
- developing nation
- first world
- cosmopo
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis
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- foreign languages and literatures
- japan
- popular culture
- media
- capitalism
- comics
- hip-hop
- music
- animation
- movie
- sports
- sexuality
- race
- gender
- fan communities
- culture
- manga
- pop
- popular music
- anime
- japanese animated films
- power
- global culture industries
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course includes surveys for both cinematic and literary representations of diverse eras and aspects of Japanese culture such as the classical era, the samurai age, wartime Japan and the atomic bombings, social change in the postwar period, and the appropriation of foreign cultural themes, with an emphasis on the modern period. The dire
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- foreign languages and literatures
- japanese aesthetics
- suicide
- pressure of daily life
- gender
- sexuality
- contemporary japan
- traditional japan
- anime
- surrealism
- false realism
- the absurd
- humor
- japan
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This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety of genres. Students will explore the communicative power of performances with attention to the ways performers, media, cultural settings, and audiences interact. The representation of cultural difference is considered and how
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- foreign languages and literatures
- cultural performances
- asia
- traditional
- contemporary
- genres
- performers
- media
- cultural settings
- audiences
- globalization
- live
- video
- audio
- online
- english
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