Course Catalog - 2003-2004

     

HIST 472 - JAPANESE ANIMATION

Long Title:
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: JAPANESE ANIMATION: NARRATIVE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY ***** Since the 1980s, animation has become a major force in Japanese popular culture, serving as a medium to address the diverse concerns of a high-tech media-focused society. This seminar explores the social, historical, and aesthetic significance of Japanese animation. Topics include gender and sexuality, ecological consciousness and religious imagination, folklore and history, viewership and fandom, the centrality of the fantastic and the grotesque, visions of a media- and technology-saturated society, and the prevalence of apocalyptic motifs and conspiracy theory. Limited enrollment. ***** Also offered as Hart 472 and Asia 472.