| SES # | ACTIVITIES | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Lecture: Introduction to East Asia Film: Buddha in the Land of the Kami | (no readings) |
| Overview of East Asia | ||
| 2 | Lecture | (no readings) |
| 3 | Discussion | De Bary, William Theodore, and Irene Bloom, eds. In Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600. 2nd ed. Vol 1. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2000, pp.15-33 (Confucius), 48-53 (Taoism), and 266-274 (Introduction to Buddhism). ISBN: 0231109393. White, Merry I., and Sylvan Barnet, eds. "Thinking about Culture." In Comparing Cultures. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995, pp. 3-11. ISBN: 0312106203. |
| Zen and Japanese Arts | ||
| 4 | Special Event: "Is There a Global Communication Culture" Panel | (no readings) |
| 5 | Lecture and Discussion | De Bary, William Theodore, and Irene Bloom, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600. 2nd ed. Vol 1. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2000, pp. 226-229 and 255-260 (Zen Buddhism). Suzuki, Daisetz T., and William Barrett. "Painting, [Haiku], Swordsmanship, Tea Ceremony." In Zen Buddhism. Reissue ed. New York, NY: Three Leaves, 1996, pp. 279-294. ISBN: 038548349X. Selections from Nitschke, Gunter. Japanese Gardens. New York, NY: Taschen, 2003. ISBN: 3822820350. |
| Lady Hyegyoung's Hanjungnok and Korean Confucianism | ||
| 6 | Lecture | (no readings) |
| 7 | Film: Chunhyung | (no readings) |
| 8 | Discussion | Selections from The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyõng: "Introduction," "The Memoir of 1795," and "The Memoir of 1805." Look through the illustrations between pp. 195-197. |
| Literati Culture in Late Imperial China | ||
| 9 | Lecture | (no readings) |
| 10 | Special Event: Haruki Murakami reading | (no readings) |
| Museum Field Trips | ||
| 11 | Peabody Essex Museum | Field trip to the Chinese House at the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) |
| 12 | Museum of Fine Arts | "Beyond the Screen" exhibit and the East Asian galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA) |
| Material Culture | ||
| 13 | Discussion | Fu, Shen. Six Records of a Floating Life. Chapters 1-3. Fang, Jing Pei. "Introduction." In Treasures of the Chinese Scholar. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1997, pp. 1-3. ISBN: 0834803992. Zhang. "The Chinese Language and Scholar Objects." In Treasures of the Chinese Scholar. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1997, pp. 15-17. ISBN: 0834803992. ———. "Scholar Objects and Folk Beliefs." In Treasures of the Chinese Scholar. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1997, pp. 23-26. ISBN: 0834803992. Clunas, Craig. "Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China." Catalogue essay in Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1996, pp. 21-34. Zhenheng, Wen. "Treatise on Superfluous Things." In Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China by Craig Clunas. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2004. ISBN: 0824828208. "The Scholar's Garden." Catalogue essay in A Chinese garden court: The Astor court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pp. 4-9. |
| Popular Culture and Film in Post-Mao China | ||
| 14 | Discussion Films to Watch on Your Own: Red Sorghum, Judou, Raise the Red Lantern | Zha, Jianying. China Pop. Excerpts. |
| Science Fiction in Japan: Utopias and Dystopias | ||
| 15 | Lecture Film: Japan Dreaming | (no readings) |
| 16 | Film: Akira | (no readings) |
| 17 | Discussion Film clip: Ghost in the Shell | Tanner, Ron. "Mr. Atomic, Mr. Mercury, and Chime Trooper: Japan's Answer to the American Dream." In Asian Popular Culture. Edited by John A. Lent. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995, pp. 79-102. ISBN: 0813320496. Napier, Susan J. "Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira." In Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture. Edited by John Whittier Treat. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii, 1996, pp. 327-351. ISBN: 0824818547. Gibson, William. "Is Japan Still the Future?" and "My Own Private Tokyo." Wired 9.09 (September 2001). ———. "The Future Perfect: How Did Japan Become the Favorite Default Setting for so Many Cyberpunk Writers?" Time Magazine (April 30, 2001). |
| Food and Cuisine: Tastes Good, Looks Good, or Good for You? | ||
| 18 | Lecture Film clips: Tampopo, 301/302 | (no readings) |
| 19 | Film: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman | (no readings) |
| 20 | Discussion | China Simoons, Frederick J. "Food in Chinese Thought and Culture." In Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991, pp. 13-37. ISBN: 084938804X. Watson, James. "From the Common Pot: Feasting with Equals in Chinese Society." Anthropos 82 (1987): 389-401. Cooper, E. "Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat." Human Organization 45 (1986): 179-184. Japan Richie, Donald. "Introduction." In A Taste of Japan: Food Fact and Fable: What the People Eat: Customs and Etiquette. Reprint ed. New York, NY: Kodansha International, 1993. ISBN: 4770017073. ———. "Okashi." In A Taste of Japan: Food Fact and Fable: What the People Eat: Customs and Etiquette. Reprint ed. New York, NY: Kodansha International, 1993, pp. 90-96. ISBN: 4770017073. Korea Excerpts from Sang-su, Choe. Annual Customs of Korea: Notes on the Rites and Ceremonies of the Year. Seoul, South Korea: Seomun-dang, 1983. Excerpts from Marks, Copeland, and Manjo Kim. The Korean Kitchen: Classic Recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1999. ISBN: 0811822338. |
| Reinventing Tradition: Old and New Style Weddings in Korea | ||
| 21 | Lecture | (no readings) |
| 22 | Discussion | Kendall, Laurel. Getting Married in Korea. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, and conclusion. |
| Westernization, Globalization, or Japanization? | ||
| 23 | Guest Lecture | Condry, Ian. "Japanese Hip-Hop and the Globalization of Popular Culture." In Urban Life. 4th ed. Edited by George Gmelch and Walter P. Zenner. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 2001, pp. 372-387. ISBN: 157766194X. Ching, Leo. "Imaginings in the Empires of the Sun: Japanese Mass Culture in Asia." Boundary 2 21, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 198-219. Watson, James L. Golden Arches East. (Read Introduction, Afterword, and 1 chapter on Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul or Tokyo) |
| Student Presentations | ||
| 24-26 | Student Presentations | (no readings) |
| Conclusion | ||
| 27 | Movie | (no readings) |
| 28 | Party | (no readings) |