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Study + Intern
Pop Culture of Japan
Study + Internship in Tokyo Program
Tokyo, Japan
Dates: late May 2027 - late Jul 2027
Pop Culture of Japan
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Tokyo Center
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Primary Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Other Subject Area: Anthropology, Sociology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: CUL342TYO
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: At least one 100-level course in cultural studies, sociology or anthropology.
DESCRIPTION
This course examines Japanese pop culture as a dynamic site where meanings are produced, circulated, and contested across diverse contexts. Students will analyze how gender and sexuality, race and representation, and identity are constructed and negotiated through media and pop culture pastimes such as anime, manga, film, television, music, mobile phones, baseball, and fashion, attending to both local specificity and global reach. The course also explores the relationships between consumption, nation, and cultural production, considering how industries and audiences shape the movement of cultural products across borders. Through engagement with academic scholarship, media texts, and lived or in-country perspectives, students will evaluate how Japanese popular culture operates within broader social, political, and economic frameworks. Assignments emphasize the development of original research-based arguments, encouraging students to synthesize multiple sources and approaches to understand how Japanese popular culture is produced, experienced, and interpreted in varied local and global contexts.