2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

JPN 251 Japanese Manga and Anime: Gender, Culture and Society

3 hours

This course examines the ways in which Japanese manga and anime represent various issues in Japan’s culture, society, history, and identity. Students will critically analyze, examine, and discuss how major and minor works of the popular media showcase Japanese views of gender, sexuality, social minorities, war, horror, national identity, and social justice; and how these representations can be situated and discussed within global perspectives. The course will be taught in English.

Credits

3

Notes

This course satisfies the Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues area of the Gen Ed Program.