Course Catalog - 2014-2015

     

ASIA 352 - JAPANESE WOMAN WRITERS

Long Title: GENDER, BODY, AND BELONGING: JAPANESE WOMAN WRITERS
Department: Asian Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course introduces Japanese/transnational Japanese women's writings that are mostly modern and contemporary. We will examine the issues of gender and sexuality in various literatures, film, and other cultural forms such as visual arts and popular culture phenomena, by defining that gendered cultural phenomena are also often "written" by women.