| Course Title: Topics in Asian Art: 'Japan Through Film' |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: Film is one medium through which Japan as an imagined community is produced and sustained over time. Certain subject matter and cinematic sensibilities have at times epitomized what might be considered quintessentially Japanese. And yet film has also served to complicate normative understandings, and to re-imagine other kinds of Japan. In this course, we will pair films with readings in anthropology to explore a range of social and cultural issues and the way they have been represented both in films as well as through academic, in both fiction and documentary, popular and as well as avant-garde works. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Joshua Roth | 413-538-2954 | jroth@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Film Screening | Wednesday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Anthropology or Asian Studies. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NOPRI0001 | Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ANTHR-316JF-01 Japan Through Film |
| ASIAN-360JF-01 Japan Through Film |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 15 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |