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JPNS2672: Japanese Media and Popular Culture
2025 unit information
This unit examines the interplay of Japanese popular culture with current issues in Japanese society. Using Japanese language materials as well as secondary scholarship in English, students will examine how issues including gender and sexuality, national identity, and international relations interact with various spaces and practices of popular culture such as television, manga, anime, video games, popular music, and fashion.
Unit details and rules
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Japanese Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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JPNS2612 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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JPNS3621 or JPNS3631 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Recognise the ways in which popular culture in contemporary Japanese society is shaped by, reflects, and in turn shapes, the broader social, cultural, political and economic processes in Japan
- LO2. Apply this understanding of the relationship between popular culture and sociocultural, economic and political processes to broaden knowledge about Japan and other sociocultural contexts (including Australia)
- LO3. Enhance language and communication skills and the ability to read, listen to and understand a variety of Japanese written and audiovisual texts
- LO4. Critically analyse popular culture texts and practices, thereby gaining an appreciation of the influence and significance of popular culture, both in society and at a personal level
- LO5. Assess and identify relevant resources for a research project and be able to prioritise conclusions reached from analysis of a variety of cultural and academic texts, giving reasons
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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