KSCB174 Popular Culture in East Asia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Fang-chih Yang, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Fang-chih Yang, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 K23, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 29/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Since the 1990s, the phenomenon of “East Asian Popular Culture” was observed to have taken place in East Asia through the production, circulation/distribution and consumption of inter-Asian popular culture traffic as a result of globalization. The contours, directions, and intensities of the cultural traffic have gone through various transformations since then, especially with the rise of new media and streaming platforms. Moreover, with the rise of China in influencing cultural productions through its market size, south Asian countries such as Thailand are incorporated into the sphere of East Asian popular culture sphere. This course aims to offer students an overview of the development of the field, the concepts and theories, and methods that can be used for analyzing Asian popular culture, as well as the issues addressed, in particular, how popular culture is caught within the changing geopolitics and the tensions between nationalism and cosmopolitanism.
Learning outcomes
This class aims to teach students the issues that have been addressed in Asian popular culture as well as the methods that can be used to analyze the cultural politics of Asian popular culture. Students will learn: First, theories and methods of popular culture developed from the era of the cultural/linguistic turn to the present, with digital media as the primary mode of production, circulation and consumption. Second, Students will learn the historical formation of East Asian pop culture as cultural geography and its recent development, with an emphasis on the rise of China within this sphere. Third, students will learn the issues that have been addressed within the study of Asian popular culture, with an emphasis on circulation, flow, friction across the borders within the region.
Syllabus
  • • 1. Introduction • 2. Theories, concepts, and methods on the study of popular culture (cultural turn) • 3. Theories, concepts, and methods on the study popular culture (new media) • 4. The formation of East Asian popular culture • 5. The Transformation of East Asian Popular culture (The rise of China and its impact) • 6. Reading week • 7. Inter-Asian cultural flow with a focus on S. Korea • 8. Inter-Asian cultural flow with a focus on Japan • 9. Inter-Asian cultural flow with a focus on Taiwan • 10 Inter-Asian cultural flow with a focus on Thailand and Singapore • 11 Final project presentation • 12 Final project presentation
Teaching methods
In-person class Lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
1. Class presentation: Bachelor's students will be divided into groups to present a summary of the readings and offer questions for discussion (15 min) 2. Response essay: 3 essays (1-2 pages, double space, in-term requirement) 3.. Final group project for bachelor's students (final evaluation) 4. Final project presentation
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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