ASCL 60.93 Countercultures of Japan’s 1960s

Like their American counterparts, Japanese youth in the 1960s occupied university administration buildings, protested war and imperialism, and denounced discrimination, exploitation, and the status quo.  This course will explore their counterculture through the music, fiction, film, and comics (manga) of that decade. Topics include: ambivalent attitudes towards the U.S., generational discord, new conceptions of love and sex, the legacy of war and the relationship of culture to politics. Most of the course will be conducted in Japanese, but some theoretical and historical issues will be researched and discussed in English.

Instructor

Dorsey

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:LIT; WCult:NW

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