Contemporary Japanese Cinema
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This course will explore Japanese films made in the context of socio-political change since the bursting of the 1980s economic bubble.
Attention will be paid to locating cinema within the debate on the many social issues to have emerged since 1989, including but not limited to: Japanese national identity, gender politics. migration and multiculturalism, economic restructuring, tradition and aesthetics, consumption and the virtual, minorities and youth culture.
Therefore, as well as developing a critical appreciation of Japanese cinema, we will use film to examine more general issues facing Japanese contemporary society. As such, students will be expected to draw upon the wide literature in English on both Japanese cinema and contemporary Japanese society, and demonstrate this knowledge through discussion, debate, presentations and written work.
Credit Level: 10 Year taken: Year 4 Undergraduate SCQF Credits: 20