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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 372 - Japan’s Global Pop Culture (3cr.)

Credit(s): 3
JAPAN’S GLOBAL POP CULTURE
Component: Lecture
The course asks the question, what is Japanese about global popular culture? It explores the theory and practice of global popular culture as it emerges from the history of popular culture in Japan from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Topics include entertainment, sports, mass media, tourism, fashion, consumerism, sexuality and gender. The course combines lecture and discussion with intensive reading and writing.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with WOMS 372 .
University Breadth: History and Cultural Change
General Education Objectives: