Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan
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Subject | Humanities & Social Sciences
A Critical Introduction to the Study of Japan
- Area Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Orientalism
- Cultural stereotypes
- Comparativism
This course is a review of the various pitfalls associated with taking "Japan" as an object of study. It offers concrete examples of the issues of orientalism, simplistic comparativism, and decontextualized essentialism. It argues that attaching the adjective "Japanese" to things, people, phenomena etc. is a comparative act that needs to be deconstructed if we are to say something meaningful. Several concrete examples are employed to illustrate these discussions and various suggestions are offered on how a study of "Japan" can be done without falling into the same traps.
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loannis GaitanidisChiba University Graduate School of Global Transdisciplinary StudiesAssociate Professor
