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Movie and Class Notes. Professor Yasuda: Japanese Culture Through Film...

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My#Darling#is#a#Foreigner Wednesday,. October.19,.2016

8:07.PM

Movie.Notes. • Saori- girl • Tony- guy. • Saori.wants.to.be.a.manga.artist. • Wedding- tony.doesn't.get.the.joke. ○ Mother.likes.him.because.he's.a.nice.kid. ○ Father.is.against.him.and.saori..Against.cross-cultural.marriage • Fascinated.with.foreigners. • Going.to.go.to.America.to.visit.Tony's.family. • Tries.to.help.with.housework.but.doesn't.do.well. • Dad.gets.sick ○ Tells.tony.he's.against.them. • He.dies. • Goes.to.America.alone. • Busy.with.work. • He.goes.to.US • Difficulties.with.cultural.barriers. • Dad.bought.English.book.to.learn.English..He.was.just.afraid.that.she.was.going. to.go.abroad • Goes.to.US.and.push.work.back. • Tony's.family.accepts.Saori. • Proposed.to.Saori. Class*Notes* • Hierarchy:.may.be."quite.independent.of.natural.inequalities. or.the.distribution. of.power".(Louis.Dumont,.qtd..In.Hendry.p..91) ○ How.are.differences.recognized.and.dealt.peacefully?. ○ Relative.depending.on.the.situation..They.are.not.absolute.. § superior.and.inferior. • Acquired.vs..achieved.status. ○ Acquired- Position.you.gain.based.on.efforts.you've.made.in.your.life. ○ Achieved- Something.that.accumulates.or.born.into • In.Japan,.equality.vs..hierarchy.

• Respecting.the.Elderly.Day.and."Silver.Seat". ○ Silver.seat- for.the.elderly • Hierarchy:. ○ language ○ Body.language. § Bowing.,.posture ○ Seating.arrangements. ○ Gift-giving. ○ Etc.. • Traditional.Tea- room.architecture. ○ Inferior.is.closer.to.the.door. 1. Tokobashira:.supporting.pillar..This.marks.the.'top'.of.the.room 5. Tokonoma:.a.raised.alcove.for.displaying.decorative. 7. Kakejiku:.Hanging.scroll..Calligraphy.and/or.paintings..Often.according.to. the.season..and.event.of.the.gathering. • The.exchange.of.gifts:. ○ Seasonal.chugen/Ochugen.(summer).and.Seibo/Oseibo.(end.of.the.year). gifts. § Enforce.your.bonds.with.the.other.person ○ Omiyage.and.Temiyage.gifts. § Omiyage- Go.somewhere.and.bring.back.souvenir. § Temiyage- Just.going.to.someone's.house.and.give.them.a.gift. • Hierarchy.in.Japanese.History. ○ Tokugawa/Edo.Period.(period.preceding.the.Meiji.Period),.4.official.social. classes:. § Samurai § Farmer § Artisan § Merchants. ○ A.higher.nobility.class.of.court.families,.including.the.imperial.family § Only.the.imperial.family.has.any.official.rank.today. • 'Eta'.outcastes.were.declared.'dowa'.(Same.Japanese).in.1871 ○ Not.something.people.would.talk.about ○ Currently,.about.1.2.million- 3million.(about.2%.of.the.population).are.of. dowa.descent • Burakumin.Liberation.League.1969 • Ainu.People:.native.inhabitants.of.Hokkaido (formerly.known.as.Ezo).and. Northern.Japan.

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○ Annexed.in.1869.by.the.Meiji.government. ○ 'former.aborigines'.->.'indigenous.people.of.Japan'.in.2010. § Recent.in.recognizing.these.people.as.distinctive. Okinawa* ○ Own.distinctive.culture. ○ Ryuku.civilization ○ Annexed.in.1872.by.the.Meiji.Government. ○ A.lot.of.US.troops.are.stationed.in.Okinawa.and.a.lot.of.tension. Religious.choice. ○ Freedom.of.Religion.(1871).was.established. ○ "Hidden.Christians". § During.the.Edo.period,.Christianity.was.outlaws. § Continued.to.practice.in.secret. Immigrant.Populations. ○ A.revision.to.the.Immigration.Control.Act.in.1990:.Nikkei.Immigrants. ○ Local.level.where.a.lot.of.laws.are.enacted.to.help.the.people.immediately. in.the.area. ○ Around.2% Sexual.and.gender.orientations. ○ Open.about.gender.preferences.and.identities. ○ There.has.always.been.fluidity. Chapman:.ideals.of.Multicultural.Coexistence. ○ Alternative.to.assimilation.or.exclusion. ○ Ideals.of.multiethnic,.multicultural.nation. 'Old-comer'.Korean.residents.(Chapman.article). ○ 'zainichi'.Koreans. § Negative.connotation. § 'zai'.means.existing. § 'nichi'.means.Japan ○ From.1910- 1945,.Korea.was.colonized.by.Japan..(Taiwan,.from. 1895-1945). ○ 1952.San.Francisco.Peace.Treaty..(Chosen/Joseon.nationality). ○ 1965.Treaty.on.Basic.Relations.with.South.Korea. ○ In.1991,.the.Special.Permanent.Residency.Law.went.into.effect.. There.are.610,000.'Zainichi'.Koreans.in.Japan.(approximately.25%.are.members. of.the.pro-north.Chongryon.group. ○ The.Chongryon.group.operates.approximately.60.'ethnic.schools'.and.one. university.in.Japan....