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2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 384 - Pop Culture in Japan


(3 units)

Explores Contemporary Japan (1945 to present) through examinations of popular cultural materials such as anime, manga, novels, fashion, video games, film, and music. Themes covered: Cold War; neocolonialism; the myth of homogeneity; economic miracle; nuclear pacifism; and debates on rearmament.

Both grading options.