HIST 231 - Invention of Japan

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 SS, CD
New course added 05.24.10.

Japanese cuisine, Japanese painting, Japanese dogs, Japanese sports, Japanese history, the Japanese race; there was a time when these concepts did not exist. How did they come about? When? Why? This course will trace how objects, animals, people, practices and concepts that are today considered Japanese were once understood as anything but Japanese, and how they were reinvented as part of modern Japanese culture.
Instructor: R. Adal
Consent of the Instructor Required? No