The Legacy of World War II in Postwar Japan
ALIT 215
Spring 2014
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| Crosslisting:
EAST 215 |
In 1956, the Japanese Economic Planning Agency famously declared, "the 'postwar' is over." Indeed, by that time, the national economy had made a remarkable recovery since the end of World War II. Others place the end of the postwar with Emperor Hirohito's death in 1989. Still, was the postwar truly over for Japan? This seminar aims to tackle this dilemma of the postwar and assess how the war and the American occupation are remembered by the Japanese, and how they continue to reverberate politically and culturally, 60 years after Japan regained its independence. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AL&L |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Lit&Cult) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
John Dower, EMBRACING DEFEAT: JAPAN IN THE WAKE OF WWII
Dale Hellegers, WE, THE JAPANESE PEOPLE: WWII AND THE ORIGINS OF THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION
Yoshikuni Igarashi, BODIES OF MEMORY: NARRATIVES OF WAR IN POSTWAR JAPANESE CULTURE
Michael Molasky, THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN AND OKINAWA
Iris Chang, THE RAPE OF NANKING: THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST OF WWII
John Breen, YASUKUNI, THE WAR DEAD AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JAPAN'S PAST
Yukio Mishima, PATRIOTISM
Naoko Shibusawa, AMERICA'S GEISHA ALLY: REIMAGINING THE JAPANESE ENEMY
Sonia Ryang, KOREANS IN JAPAN
Mamoru Oshii, THE SKY CRAWLERS
Gavan McCormack, CLIENT STATE: JAPAN IN THE AMERICAN EMBRACE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short essays on readings, midterm book review, and final paper. |
| Instructor(s): Watanabe,Takeshi Times: .....F. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK314; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: -3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 2 | FR: 2 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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