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15 January 2015—Attendance Policy: Spring 2015
15 January 2015—China's Lunar Calendar: 2015 01-15
15 January 2014—Erlangen 91052: Introduction
15 January 2014—China's Lunar Calendar: 2014 01-15
15 January 2013—Channeling Liam: Free Will
15 January 2012—Hurtin', Leavin, and Longin': Upbeat and Downcast
15 January 2011—Kanji Mastery: Resource Center
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15 January 2014—Erlangen 91052: Introduction
15 January 2014—China's Lunar Calendar: 2014 01-15
15 January 2013—Channeling Liam: Free Will
15 January 2012—Hurtin', Leavin, and Longin': Upbeat and Downcast
15 January 2011—Kanji Mastery: Resource Center
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Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
HIST 210
Autumn 2019
TTh 12:00-2:00
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30 lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30 lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
Required Books
Benedict, Ruth. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Berry, Mary Elizabeth. Japan in Print
Bestor, Theodore. Neighborhood Tokyo
Bestor, Theodore. Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
Bix, Herbert. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Dower, John. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
McCullough, Helen. Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Rice as Self: Japanese Identities Through Time
Rupp, Katherine. Gift-Giving in Japan
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Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual.
All books are on library reserve
On Library Reserve—Required Reading
Lu, David, Japan: A Documentary History
LaFleur, Robert, Great Mythologies of the World: East Asia and the Pacific
On Library Reserve—Required Reading
Lu, David, Japan: A Documentary History
LaFleur, Robert, Great Mythologies of the World: East Asia and the Pacific
Course Description
This
course will examine Japanese history and culture in the context of the
wider East Asian world. We will begin with early Japanese history and
the influence of both Korea and China on early Japanese institutions. In
an even broader perspective, we will consider Japan (and East Asia's)
role in a complex Pacific world, and how that region has shaped the
world at large—from cultural and military forces to environmental
issues, trade, and development.
We will then examine the development of Japan’s indigenous traditions during the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), and Ashikaga (1336-1568) periods. The second half of the course will deal with modern Japanese history and culture, paying equal attention to historical and ethnographic materials, and taking a careful look at the development of the Kanto and Kansai regions in modern Japanese history and culture. Throughout the course we will use examples from the Japanese language—spoken phrases, the two major syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), and kanji, or Chinese characters—to analyze Japanese history and culture in linguistic context.
We will then examine the development of Japan’s indigenous traditions during the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), and Ashikaga (1336-1568) periods. The second half of the course will deal with modern Japanese history and culture, paying equal attention to historical and ethnographic materials, and taking a careful look at the development of the Kanto and Kansai regions in modern Japanese history and culture. Throughout the course we will use examples from the Japanese language—spoken phrases, the two major syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), and kanji, or Chinese characters—to analyze Japanese history and culture in linguistic context.
Evaluation
Quizzes 10% Every Class Session
Source Letter 15% Week Four
Exam I 15% Week Seven
Midterm Essay 20% Week Nine
Midterm Essay 20% Week Nine
Source Paper 25% Week Fourteen
Exam II 15% Week Sixteen
Class attendance and participation is expected.
See my class attendance and participation policy
Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.
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Weeks 1-8 Weeks 9-16
History 210
Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
Autumn 2019
Week IX
Contemporary Japanese Culture II
Rice, Self, and Samurai
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Tuesday, March 19 (Film in Class)
Ohnuki-Tierney, Rice as Self
Kurosawa, The Seven Samurai (七人の侍)
Food as a Metaphor of Self: An Exercise in Historical Anthropology
Rice and Rice Agriculture Today
Rice as a Staple Food?
Rice in Cosmogony and Cosmology
Rice as Self, Rice Paddies as Our Land
Rice in the Discourse of Selves and Others
Foods as Selves and Others in Cross-cultural Perspective
Symbolic Practice through Time: Self, Ethnicity, and NationalismKurosawa, The Seven Samurai (七人の侍)
Part One
Be in class by 12:00 so you can see the beginning of the film (very important)! (No quiz today).
Be in class by 12:00 so you can see the beginning of the film (very important)! (No quiz today).
Thursday, March 21 (Film in Class)
Kurosawa, The Seven Samurai (七人の侍)
Part Two
Ohnuki-Tierney, Rice as Self
Food as a Metaphor of Self: An Exercise in Historical Anthropology
Rice and Rice Agriculture Today
Rice as a Staple Food?
Rice in Cosmogony and Cosmology
Rice as Self, Rice Paddies as Our Land
Rice in the Discourse of Selves and Others
Foods as Selves and Others in Cross-cultural Perspective
Symbolic Practice through Time: Self, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
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Rice and Japanese Culture Essays
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 23
Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Japan (c. 1800- c. 1900)
Week X
Tuesday, March 26
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
44: Nature Gods and Tricksters of Polynesia
Keene, Emperor of Japan: 1-209
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 4444: Nature Gods and Tricksters of Polynesia
Keene, Emperor of Japan: 1-209
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 273-344
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
The End of Tokugawa Rule
Early Meiji Political Developments
Thursday, March 28
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
The End of Tokugawa Rule
Early Meiji Political Developments
Thursday, March 28
Keene, Emperor of Japan: 210-415
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Week XI
The Late Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras (c. 1900-1945)
The Late Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras (c. 1900-1945)
Tuesday, April 2
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
45: Creation and Misbehavior in Micronesia
Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan: 21-232
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 4545: Creation and Misbehavior in Micronesia
Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan: 21-232
Part I: The Prince’s Education, 1901-1921
The Boy, the Family, and the Meiji Legacies
Cultivating an Emperor
Confronting the Real World
Confronting the Real World
Part II: The Politics of Good Intentions
The Regency and the Crisis of Taisho Democracy
The New Monarchy and the New Nationalism
A Political Monarch Emerges
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 345-458
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Social and Economic Development in the Meiji Era
Taisho Democracy
Rise of Ultranationalism and the Pacific War
Thursday, April 4
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Social and Economic Development in the Meiji Era
Taisho Democracy
Rise of Ultranationalism and the Pacific War
Thursday, April 4
Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan: 233-530
Part III: His Majesty’s Wars, 1931-1945
The Manchurian Transformation
Restoration and Repression
Holy War
Stalemate and Escalation
Prologue to Pearl Harbor
The Ordeal of Supreme Command
Delayed Surrender
Please read the "Rice and Japanese Culture" Assignment
(Due Sunday 11/12 by 5:00 p.m. in my office—MI 206)
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Week XII
The Postwar Era
The Postwar Era
Tuesday, April 9
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 4646: Melanesian Myths of Life and Cannibalism
Dower, Embracing Defeat: 19-275
Part I: Victor and Vanquished
Shattered Lives
Gifts from Heaven
Part II: Transcending Despair
Kyodatsu: Exhaustion and Despair
Cultures of Defeat
Bridges of Language
Part III: Revolutions
Neocolonial Revolution
Embracing Revolution
Making Revolution
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 459-524
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Japan Under Occupation
Politics and Problems of Security
Thursday, April 11
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Japan Under Occupation
Politics and Problems of Security
Thursday, April 11
Dower, Embracing Defeat: 277-564
Part IV: Democracies
Imperial Democracy: Driving the Wedge
Imperial Democracy: Descending Partway from Heaven
Imperial Democracy: Evading Responsibility
Constitutional Democracy: GHQ Writes a New National Charter
Constitutional Democracy: Japanizing the American Draft
Censoring Democracy: Policing the New Taboos
Part V: Guilts
Victor’s Justice, Loser’s Justice
What Do You Tell the Dead When You Lose?
Part VI: Reconstructions
Engineering Growth
Epilogue: Legacies/Fantasies/Dreams
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Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
by 5:00 p.m. (hard copy in my office—MI 206)
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Week XIII
Contemporary Japanese Culture III—
Early Postwar Reflections from America
Tuesday, April 16
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Benedict, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Assignment: Japan
The Japanese in the War
Taking One’s Proper Station
The Meiji Reform
Debtor to the Ages and the World
Repaying One-Ten-Thousandth
The Repayment ‘Hardest to Bear’
Clearing One’s Name
The Circle of Human Feelings
The Dilemma of Virtue
Self-Discipline
The Child Learns
The Japanese Since VJ-Day
The Japanese Since VJ-Day
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 525-562
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Emergence of an Economic Superpower
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Emergence of an Economic Superpower
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Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
by 5:00 p.m. (hard copy in my office—MI 206)
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Week XIV
Contemporary Japanese Culture IV— Urban Anthropology
Tuesday, April 23
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
47: Origins in Indonesia and the Philippines
Bestor, Neighborhood Tokyo: 1-161
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 4747: Origins in Indonesia and the Philippines
Bestor, Neighborhood Tokyo: 1-161
Introduction
Miyamoto-cho, a Portrait
The Development of a Neighborhood
Local Politics and Administration
Community Services and Neighborhood Events
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 563-604
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Bridging the Past and Present
Thursday, April 25
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Bridging the Past and Present
Thursday, April 25
Bestor, Neighborhood Tokyo: 162-268
Formal Hierarchies of Participation and Power
Friends and Neighbors
The Festival and the Local Social Order
Conclusion
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Week XV
Contemporary Japanese Culture V—Market, Nation, World
READ ALL THREE PARTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT!
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
by 5:00 p.m. (hard copy in my office—MI 206)
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Week XV
Contemporary Japanese Culture V—Market, Nation, World
Tuesday, April 30
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 48
48: Aboriginal and Colonial Myths of Australia
Bestor, Tsukiji: 1-176
48: Aboriginal and Colonial Myths of Australia
Bestor, Tsukiji: 1-176
Tokyo’s Pantry
Grooved Channels
From Landfill to Marketplace
The Raw and the Cooked
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 605-618
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Thursday, May 1
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
Thursday, May 1
Bestor, Tsukiji: 177-313
Visible Hands
Family/Firm
Trading Places
Full Circle
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Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
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Week XVI
Contemporary Japanese Culture VI—Review
Contemporary Japanese Culture VI—Review
Tuesday, May 7
Exam II (in-class)
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Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
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