| Anthropology 254: Fall Term 2008 Class Schedule | ||||
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Week |
Tuesday | Thursday | Discussion Section | Film of the Week |
1: Sep 4 |
Japan as Paradox: National character as stereotyping | None | ||
2: Sep 9-11 |
What is Japan | discussion sections | "The Japanese Version" | |
3: Sep 16-18 |
Weddings and words: Globalization and domestication | Samurai warriors and the politics of heritage | discussion sections | "Reinventing Japan" |
4: Sep 23-25 |
Japan's national projects of affluence and identity | Deaf Conference The social formation of post-WWII Japan: work, family, schooling |
discussion sections | "Living Through a Miracle" |
5: Sep 30 - Oct 2 |
Work (1): The 'salaryman' and the large organization model | Work (2): 'Office Ladies' and the large organization model" | discussion sections | "Being Japanese" |
6: Oct 7 - 9 |
Work (3): Cushions around the core | Education (1): The "credential society" and meritocracy | discussion sections | "The Learning Machine" |
7: Oct 14 - 16 |
Education (2): Tracks and levels | Family matters | discussion sections | "Cram School" and "The Story of Noriko" |
8: Oct 21 - 23 |
The new students in a faltering school system | The new singles: parasites or pragmatists? | discussion sections | "Full Moon Lunch" |
9: Oct 28 - 30 |
Guest Lecture: Japanese Animation | The new workers in a neoliberal economy | discussion sections | "Dream Girls" |
10: Nov 4 - 6 |
Importation and Remaking: The Politics of Authenticity | Japanese Hip-Hop | discussion sections | "Samurai Champloo" |
11: Nov 11 - 13 |
New Nationalism and the Japanese Right | The new strangers in the national family | no discussion section | "Osaka Story" |
12: Nov 18-20 |
SVA/AAA Conference in San Francisco |
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13: Nov 25-27 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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14: Dec 2-4 |
Disabilities and Difference | Concluding remarks | discussion sections | |
| Essay assignment deadlines: | first course essay = | Thursday, September 25 @ 11:30 a.m. | ||
| first draft of second course essay = | Tuesday, October 28 @ 11:30 a.m. | |||
| final draft of second course essay = | Thursday, November 13 @ 11:30 a.m. | |||
| third course essay = | Friday, December 11 @ 11:30 a.m. | |||
| Final examination (if selected): | Monday, December 15 @ 9:00 a.m. | |||