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Tag Archives: popular culture
Book Announcement: A History of Popular Culture in Japan
A History of Popular Culture in Japan From the Seventeenth Century to the Present E. Taylor Atkins The phenomenon of ‘Cool Japan’ is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, book announcement, books, culture, early modern, history, identity, Japan, Japanese arts, Japanese culture, modern, pop culture, popular culture
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Book Announcement: Japan’s Contemporary Media Culture between Local and Global: Content, Practice and Theory
Japan’s Contemporary Media Culture between Local and Global: Content, Practice and Theory Martin Roth, Hiroshi Yoshida and Martin Picard (Eds.) This collection features a wide range of inquiries into Japan’s contemporary media culture, situating popular media content and its related … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, global, Japan, local, media, media culture, media studies, popular culture, popular media
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Book Announcement: Maiko Masquerade: Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan
Maiko Masquerade: Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japanby Jan Bardsley Maiko Masquerade explores Japanese representations of the maiko, or apprentice geisha, in films, manga, and other popular media as an icon of exemplary girlhood. Jan Bardsley traces how the maiko, long stigmatized … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, gender, gender history, gender studies, Japan, Kyoto, maiko, media, popular culture, popular media, women
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Fun Link Friday: Ukiyo-e project and modern prints
We’ve covered modern takes on and uses of ukiyo-e prints from early modern Japan a handful of times for our Fun Link Fridays here at Shinpai Deshou. The latest way in which ukiyo-e can be seen persisting in the cultural imaginary is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, early modern art, fun link friday, Japanese art, Japanese culture, media, pop culture, popular culture, Tokugawa Japan, ukiyo-e
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Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Popular Culture, University of British Columbia
Institution: University of British Columbia Location: British Columbia, Canada Position: Assistant Professor The Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Modern Japanese Popular Culture. Expertise … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Dialectics of the Goddess in Japan Audiovisual Culture
Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture EDITED BY LORENZO J. TORRES HORTELANO – CONTRIBUTIONS BY LINDA C. EHRLICH; IRENE GONZÁLEZ-LÓPEZ; DOLORES P. MARTINEZ; JOSÉ MONTAÑO; LAURA MONTERO; VÍCTOR NAVARRO-REMESAL; SYBIL A. THORNTON AND LORENZO J. TORRES HORTELANO Through provocative essays by … Continue reading
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Tagged audiovisual culture, book announcement, Japanese culture, media, popular culture, religion
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Call for Papers: Teaching Anime and Manga
Teaching Anime and Manga Northeast Modern Language Association convention This session proposes to look at what has been a persistent but under-represented section of comics studies: manga (Japanese comics), and associated with it, anime (Japanese animation). Access to anime and manga … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Asian Popular Culture / The Asian American Experience
Call for Papers Asian Popular Culture / The Asian American Experience Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) 39th Annual Conference, February 7-10, 2018 Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.southwestpca.org Proposal submission deadline: October 22, 2017 Proposals for … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creature of Japanese Folklore
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creature of Japanese Folklore Michael Dylan Foster; with original illustrations by Shinonome Kijin University of California Press, 2015 http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520271029 This monograph introduces yokai in a style that is intended to be accessible to students … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, culture, folklore, Japanese culture, popular culture, yokai
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Call for Papers: Franco-Asian Connections and Intersections through Popular Culture
Date: September 30, 2015 Asian pop music, comics, drama, film, graphic novels; these cultural products are increasingly present transnationally signaling new currents of popular culture and underscoring the interconnected nature of our globalizing world. Within the pan-Asian context, the concepts … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, call for papers, comics, culture, film, graphic novels, music, popular culture
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 