110-219 Japanese Popular Culture

Formerly available as 110-115. Students who have completed 110-115 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Normally, the completion of 50 points of first-year arts including 25 points of first-year study in anthropology, art history, Asian studies, cinema studies, criminology, English, history, history and philosophy of science, Japanese, linguistics and applied linguistics, philosophy, political science or sociology.

This subject aims to analyse the relationship between popular cultural phenomena and society in general, including a discussion of popular culture as both a product and a determinant of national and gender identity. This subject introduces students of Japanese language to the academic approaches taken when looking at popular culture. Students of cultural studies will apply their knowledge to an examination of one of the world's most vibrant cultural industries.

Written work totalling 2000 words, a 2-hour written exam and class participation. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70% of all tutorials in order to be eligible to sit the final exam.

Materials supplied by the Institute.