In Media Res: Globalization and Japanese Pop Culture

[Mark Nornes]

This week’s In Media Res theme is Globalization and Japanese Popular Culture (April 25-29).

Here's the line-up:
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/

Monday April 25, 2011 – Ian Peters (Georgia State University) presents: "Genki Dama Saves the World": Japanese Popular Culture, Globalization, and Relief Efforts

Tuesday April 26, 2011 – Jake Tarbox (Arashi Productions) presents: The Death of Manga?

Wednesday April 27, 2011 – Alex Leavitt (University of Southern California) presents: The Global Cult(ure) of Hatsune Miku

Thursday April 28, 2011 – Kinko Ito (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) presents: Love and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Women in Japanese Ladies’ Comics

Friday April 29, 2011 – Laura Imaoka (University of California, Irvine) presents: The Ambassadors of Cute: Helping or Hurting Japan’s Global Image?

Theme week organized by Ian Peters (Georgia State University).

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Best,
The In Media Res Team




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A. M. Nornes
Chair, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures
Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
Professor, School of Art & Design
University of Michigan
North Quad 6F, 105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
Phone: 734-763-1314
FAX: 734-936-1846








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