Cultural Performances of Asia

Lecture Notes

WEEK #	TOPICS	LECTURE FILES
1	Introduction to the Course: Asian / Performance / Cultures Discussion: Performances of Class and Gender - Street vs. Opera	(PDF)
2	Anime and Japanese Culture	(PDF)
3	Pokemon and Cross-Cultural Influence	(PDF)
4	Anime as Performance Discussion of Issues Related to Paper 1
5	Fiction, Music and Politics
6	Hip-Hop, Japan and Race as Performed	(PDF)
7	Asian Identities and Politics through Comics Tak Toyoshima will Discuss his Editorial Comic Secret Asian Man During the First Half of Class	(PDF)
8	Beijing Film Academy - Animation from China
9	Gender, Sexuality and Performance
10	Transgendered Identities in Japan
11	Cultural Performances and Authenticity Discussion of Authenticity, 47 Samurai (“Passing” as Failed Ronin)	(PDF)
12	Student Presentations Discussion of Final Paper Topics	(PDF 1) (Courtesy of Yuichi Washida. Used with permission.) (PDF 2)
13	Final Class	(PDF)