Monday 2/26 10:00 am
Film analysis of Otaku no video due in Blackboard digital dropbox.
Wednesday 2/28
Readings and viewings:
- Russell, John G. “Race and Reflexivity: The Black Other in Japanese
Mass Culture.” In Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture. Ed. John Whittier
Treat. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996. 17-40.
- Cornyetz, Nina. “Fetishized Blackness: Hip Hop and Racial Desire in
Contemporary Japan. Social Text 41 (Winter 1994) 113-139.
- Condry, Ian. “B-Boys and B-Girls: Rap Fandom and Consumer Culture
in Japan.” In Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary
Japan. William W. Kelly, ed. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
17-40.
Suggested viewing/listing:
- Condry, Ian. "Multimedia Projects: Japanese Popular Music with Subtitles." http://web.mit.edu/condry/www/#mm
- Condry, Ian. "Japanese Hip-Hop: and Introduction." http://web.mit.edu/condry/www/jhh/
- Consultations on projects.