Animals Crossing: East Asian Literature and Media (ILCS-0065)

Fall 2024 · ILCS 0065 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Perceptions, imaginations, and utilizations of nonhuman animals in East Asian literature and media from the turn of the 20th century to the present. Realist and fantastic fiction, installation arts, animations, video and mobile games, blockbusters, and independent films by global East Asian creators, examined both in their diverse historical contexts and in comparative perspectives. Interrogation of familiar topics such as modernity and enlightenment, imperialism and colonialism, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, globalization and environmental crises, through the lens of the nonhuman animal. No prerequisites.

Course codes: ILCS-0065, ILCS 0065, ILCS0065, ILCS-65, ILCS 65, ILCS65, ILVS-0067, ILVS 0067, ILVS0067, ILVS-67, ILVS 67, ILVS67

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