JPN208: Japan in the World: Nation, Culture, Image (Not available in 2010)

Throughout the twentieth century Japan has figured prominently in academic, journalistic and popular discourses in the world in highly evocative and contradictory ways. This unit aims to shed light on how Japan comes to be 'known' in the world, and how it seeks to represent itself, to itself and others. The unit will focus on: imagining, discovering and inventing Japan; cultural practices and representations in terms of conformity/diversity, gender, 'the popular'; nexus between texts and construction of culturally-specific images.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Not available 2010
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: 2.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. This unit presupposes no knowledge of the Japanese language. Highly recommended: H142/JPN142 Introduction to Contemporary Japan and H214/JPN214 Contemporary Issues in Japan.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator:	The Unit Coordinator's details for this unit are currently not available.
Unit Contacts	No contacts available, please contact the unit coordinator for more information

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)