Monday 2/26 10:00 am

Film analysis of Otaku no video due in Blackboard digital dropbox.

Wednesday 2/28

Readings and viewings:

  1. 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.
  2. Cornyetz, Nina. “Fetishized Blackness: Hip Hop and Racial Desire in Contemporary Japan. Social Text 41 (Winter 1994) 113-139.
  3. 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:

  1. Condry, Ian. "Multimedia Projects: Japanese Popular Music with Subtitles." http://web.mit.edu/condry/www/#mm
  2. Condry, Ian. "Japanese Hip-Hop: and Introduction." http://web.mit.edu/condry/www/jhh/