Readings
and Resources
(requires Acrobat Reader)
Required Electronic Readings:
01. Seidensticker, Low City, High City (excerpts) (ER)
02. Seidensticker, Tokyo Rising (excerpts) (ER)
03. Kafû, During the Rains (excerpts) (ER)
04. Silverberg, "The Café Watress Serving Modern Japan" (ER)
05. Yano, “Defining the Modern Nation in Japanese Popular Song, 1914-1932” (ER)
06. Kinsella, “Cuties in Japan” (ER)
07. Koizumi, “Japan’s Rich Rice Culture” (ER)
08. Okumura, “Japan’s Ramen Romance” (ER)
09. Harper, “Getting into the Spirit of Sake” (ER)
10. Ishige, “Japanese Sake” (ER)
11. Yamaguchi, “Sumo in the Popular Culture of Contemporary Japan” (ER)
12. Kelly, “The Blood and Guts of Japanese Professional Baseball” (ER)
13. Kelly, “An Anthropologist in the Bleachers” (ER)
14. Mellen, “Celluloid Samurai: The Protest Film in Disguise” (ER)
15. Satô, “More Animated Than Life” (ER)
16. Kelly, “Japan’s Empty Orchestras” (ER)
Extra (posted as they come)
"Mass Media, Gender Roles, and Popular Culture in Japan and the United States"
"Anime Otaku: Japanese Animation Fans Outside Japan"
