Spring 2021  |  HIST 3476 Section 001: War and Peace in Japan Through Popular Culture (67507)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Partially Online
Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue 02:30PM - 05:50PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue 02:30PM - 05:50PM
UMTC, West Bank
UMN ONLINE-HYB
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 34 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
War-related issues in Japan. Animation films, comics from 1940s to 1990s. Mobilization of culture for WWII. Conflict between constitutional pacifism and national security. Japan's role in cold war and post-cold war worlds.
Class Description:
This history course examines one of the fundamental issues for postwar Japan, Asia, and the US -- the meaning of peace -- through popular culture media. Popular culture in Japan was a crucial site where the topic of war and peace was explored when politicians avoided the topic of war. Now the Japanese pacifist Constitution is under pressure for revision. Major themes of this course are: 1) the current pacifist Constitution vs. the demand for military security; 2) nuclear power policy vs. the peace movement; and 3) Japanese pacifism vs. international peace corporation. Cold war politics and post-cold war geopolitics greatly affected the meaning of peace in Asia and Japan's identity as a pacifist nation, and this course traces such changes from 1945 to the present. Materials for this course include films, manga, novels, and scholarly writings. Tuesday hours are for film viewing and other activities; Thursday hours are for lecture and discussion.
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
20% Special Projects
30% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: film and comics analysis assignment
Exam Format:
take-home essay
Class Format:
30% Lecture
40% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
Workload:
70-100 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: film and comics analysis assignment
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67507/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 October 2012

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