01:098:242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Idol, Culture Of Asia

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

Document Summary

Japanese popular culture in east and southeast asia: time for a regional. 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 for(cid:373)s of pop (cid:272)ulture? (cid:863) Purpose: the fi(cid:374)al resear(cid:272)h paper for (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al east asia(cid:863) gi(cid:448)es (cid:455)ou the opportu(cid:374)it(cid:455) to de(cid:373)o(cid:374)strate (cid:455)our mastery of one of the learning goals of 21st century challenge courses: (cid:862)a(cid:374)alyze a (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)porary glo(cid:271)al issue fro(cid:373) a (cid:373)ultidis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)ary perspe(cid:272)tive. (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)culture(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. Homo sapiens are capable of symbolic thought. Words, objects, visual forms are invested with meaning.