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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World Syllabus, Autumn 2017 (b)

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On this date in Round and Square History
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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Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
HIST 210
Autumn 2017
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          

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
Varley, Paul. Japanese Culture
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 

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.

Evaluation
Quizzes                                                            10%      Every Class Session
Source Letter                                                   15%      Week Four
Exam I                                                              15%      Week Seven
Midterm Essay                                                  20%     Week Nine
Source Paper                                                   25%      Week Fourteen
Exam II                                                             15%      Week Sixteen
Class attendance and participation is expected.  

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History 210
Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
Autumn 2017

Week IX
Late Tokugawa and Early Meiji Japan (c. 1800- c. 1900)
Tuesday, October 24
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 44
     44: 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,October 26
Keene, Emperor of Japan: 210-415
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Week X
The Late Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras (c. 1900-1945)
Tuesday, October 31
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 45
     45: 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                                 
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, November 2
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    
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Week XI        
Contemporary Japanese Culture II
Rice, Self, and Samurai
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Tuesday, November 7 (Film in Class)
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
Kurosawa, 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).

Thursday, November 9 (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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Week XII
The Postwar Era
Tuesday, November 14
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 46
     46: 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, November 16
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     

Week XIII
Contemporary Japanese Culture III—
Early Postwar Reflections from America
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square 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
 Lu, Japan: A Documentary History, 525-562
Read section headers and source titles (this should take twenty minutes)
     Emergence of an Economic Superpower             

Week XIV
Contemporary Japanese Culture IV— Urban Anthropology
Tuesday, November 28
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 47
     47: 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, November 30
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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READ ALL THREE PARTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT!
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3

 Week XV
Contemporary Japanese Culture V—Market, Nation, World
Tuesday, December 5
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 48
     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, December 7
Bestor, Tsukiji: 177-313
     Visible Hands                                                    
     Family/Firm                                                      
     Trading Places                                                   
     Full Circle                         
READ ALL THREE PARTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT!
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3
                               
Week XVI
Contemporary Japanese Culture VI—Review
Tuesday, December 12
Exam II (in-class)
READ ALL THREE PARTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT!
Source Paper Assignment due on Sunday, December 3

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