GENDER, CULTURE AND MODERNITY IN INTERWAR JAPAN

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GENDER, CULTURE AND MODERNITY IN INTERWAR JAPAN

Subtitle	Gender, Culture and Modernity in Interwar Japan
Lecturer(s)	NOTTER, DAVID M.
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2023 Spring
Day/Period	Fri.3
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	13627
Faculty/Graduate School	INTERNATIONAL　CENTER
Year Level	2, 3, 4
Course Description	A course to aim to study on the new 'modern' forms of social life that define this interwar period and examine in particular the new lifestyles, the new ideals of home and family life, as well as new gender roles and new cultural forms.
K-Number	CIN-CO-00153-212-03

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	CIN	INTERNATIONAL　CENTER
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	0	Other Course
	Minor Classification	15	International Center Course (Humanities) - History
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		03	History, archaeology, museology, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

While the history of Japan as a modern nation begins in the Meiji era, much of what we recognize as typical of 'modern life' in Japan begins in the Taisho period, or more generally in the 'interwar' period which extends into the early years of the Showa era. In this class we will examine in detail several aspects of this new 'modern life' with particular attention given to the new social roles, new gender roles, new lifestyles, and new forms of culture that emerged among the new middle class. This course will be conducted as a seminar, but short 'mini lectures' will be given from time to time on several of these topics. Our main text will be 'House and Home in Modern Japan' by Jordon Sand; this book will serve as the basis for weekly class discussions. In addition, students will be assigned a book (on reserve in the library) to summarize (in small groups) in the form of a group presentation. Finally, students will be asked to produce an essay, based either on a topic related to our main textbook, or a topic related to the book they have been asked to summarize.

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Textbooks

Sand, J. House and Home in Modern Japan: Architecture, Domestic Space, and Bourgeois Culture, 1880-1930. Harvard University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 978-0674012189