Schedule of Readings, Assignments,
and Exams
Order of Readings:
Note
that all readings are recorded and available on the course Blackboard
site along with the readings and vocabulary notes.
- Occupation-era fashion history text
- Style magazine
reading (1946) on women's fashion
- Style magazine
reading (1946) on men's fashion
- Occupation-era etiquette book for diplomat,
Etiquette and Society (1948)
- Essays on Japanese women and
brands (2002)
- Other articles related to contemporary
fashion--it depends how much time we have left in the semester when we
get to this point, if there's time for more readings, we will work on
beauty issues: women's beauty contest, men's esute, teen beauty guides.
- We will also view and discuss selections
from the film Tony Takitani
Class meets
every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon; we'll try to get through all the
occupation-era readings by the end of September, and work on
contemporary fashion in October. Expect a kanji quiz every
Thursday. Please note important due dates below:
- First Midterm:
Scheduled for Tuesday, October 3
- Second Midterm:
Scheduled for Thursday,
November
16
- Tutorials:
Week of September 11-15 and Week
of October
16-20.
- Translation Project:
Draft due November 2; Final draft due
November 21
- Presentations
will take place in the last four class periods:
- Nov. 21: Adamson, Battle, Moore & Smith, Taylor
- Nov. 28: Closner, Northup, Foote-hudson, Good
- Nov. 30: Beaman, Fu, Mayer, Nunnelley
- Dec. 5:
Peavey, Peterson, Suess, Wilson
- Final exam:
Friday, Dec. 8, 12:00 - 2:00pm
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