Introducing Japanese Popular Culture

Introducing Japanese Popular Culture edited by by Alisa Freedman and Toby Slade Routledge December 2017 550 pages

Alisa Freedman is an associate professor of Japanese Literature & Film in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures.

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Introducing Japanese Popular Culture

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Wine Chat: “Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities” at Capitello Wines

Clark Lecture: Patty Krawec at Knight Library

CSWS grants info session set for Nov. 18

Oct. 25 talk looks at soft-porn in South Asian cinema

Oct. 18 talk to explore a decolonial reading of Antigonas