01:098:242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), K Dub Shine, Fuji Rock Festival

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Asian Studies
• Course: 01:098:242
• Professor: Schalow

Document Summary

Uprising: music, youth, and protest against the policies of the abe. Wed. april 6: chapter 5 recitation (cid:862)ca(cid:374) (cid:373)edia platfor(cid:373)s support (cid:271)oth (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d politi(cid:272)ally-engaged forms of pop (cid:272)ulture? (cid:863) Double-spaced, 4 -5 pages + bibliography. Due fri. may 6 @ 9:00 am. An aspect of social life concerned with the symbolic construction, articulation, and dissemination of meaning. (cid:862)cultu(cid:396)e(cid:863) (cid:1007) aspe(cid:272)ts: broad definition: universal to all human societies (steger, narrow definition: symbolic expression in one society that separates it from other societies. Intermediate definition: symbolic expression in one group of societies that separates it from another group. Explaining the appeal of japanese pop culture in east and southeast asia. Shows cultural confluence is geo-cultural and not simply transnational; but does not explain the uneven appeal of japanese popular culture in the region. Japanese popular culture seems non-national and therefore highly transferable; but in fact there is local awareness of japanese origin.