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Big in Japan: Caricatures as Discourse — Visual Satire in Contemporary Japan and East Asia
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The objectives of the course would be to understand the modern genesis of political cartooning in nineteenth-century Japan; to identify the processes of transnational circulation of graphic and editorial models; to conduct a comparative analysis of the visual cultures traditions of Japan, China, and South Korea; to explore the relationship between political cartooning, propaganda, and censorship; to develop student skills in iconographic and discursive analysis; to examine the status of the cartoonist as a public actor; and to understand the formation of a global graphic modernity. These objectives integrate historical, comparative, and methodological dimensions, enabling students to frame political cartooning both as a historical source and as a transnational cultural practice.
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Manga, as a graphic tradition closely identified with Japan, has acquired a universal dimension within contemporary global pop culture, while political cartoons and editorial caricature have become somewhat marginalized and less visible in the country. However, Japan, within the broader context of East Asia, also possesses a very rich tradition in this field.
The course would propose a historical and comparative analysis of political and editorial cartooning in Japan, placing it in dialogue with the traditions of South Korea and China, and highlighting the European influences that, since the nineteenth century, have shaped graphic languages, satirical devices, and visual cultures in East Asia.
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【September 19】
Session summary: Lecture. Introduction. Classes methodology. Why humour?
The basic theories of humour. Cartoons and caricatures: uses of satirical press
as an alternative way of representing and interpreting political and social reality.
What political satire and humour can tell us about the public sphere? How
graphic political satire can be used in public history? A simple guide to
understanding satirical cartoons.
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【September 21】
Lecture. Identifying and Interpreting caricature in East Asia.
Connections and Comparative Perspectives. A terminological overview of
caricature in East Asia. Graphic humor in the age of globalization. Satirical
forms in print culture. A terminological overview of caricature in East Asia.
Historical Roots in Chinese cartoons. Punch in China: Picturing the Other. The
Shanghai Puck. Manhua, Magazines, Modernity. The Government and
Cartooning. Cartooning under Xi Jinping. Historical Overview of Cartooning in
South Korea. South Korean Manhwa’s Transnationalism. Liberalization and
cartoons in the late 20th century. The situation in North Korea.
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【September 22】
Museum tour in Tokyo
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【September 23】
Lecture. Asian Punches. Satirical press in Meiji Japan.
Satirical Journalism in the Age of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.
Transnationalism and Exile: Chinese Political Cartoonists in Japan. The
Weakening of Political Cartoons. Contemporary Political Cartooning in Japan.
Wrap up session.
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Attendance, Active Class Participation
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For further details, see the following rink.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZQCR_b1zmKIABX9olWQbTc_hcR2xJ60/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=115518865500783460831&rtpof=true&sd=true
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