EAST 364. Mass Culture and Postwar Japan.
Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
This course addresses a number of analytic approaches to mass culture in order to examine the culture industry of post-war Japan. Emphasis on narrative strategies in popular or consumer fiction and on the problems of marginalized writers.
- Prerequisite: Any introductory course in literature or cultural studies, or permission of instructor