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Class introduction, explanation of syllabus.
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| 2. |
Key terms, concepts and metaphors |
| 3. |
The First Encounter: Japan in the Eyes of the Earliest Missionaries |
| 4. |
Renewed Contact: Perry in the Eyes of the Japanese |
| 5. |
Orientalism (reversed?): Nitobe Inazô, Okakura Tenshin |
| 6. |
Mr. Moto and the Sinister Oriental (Film)
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| 7. |
The Art of War: Mutual Images During the Pacific War |
| 8. |
Japan in the Print Media, 1970 ~ 1990. |
| 9. |
Film: Gung Ho (I)
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| 10. |
Film: Gung Ho (II)
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| 11. |
Film: Mr. Baseball
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| 12. |
Film: Black Rain
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| 13. |
Documentary: The Japanese Version |
| 14. |
Film: Lost in Translation |
| 15. |
Film: The Last Samurai (II)
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| 16. |
Japan on Contemporary American TV (Simpsons, South Park)
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