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Overview

Subject Area: Asian Studies This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History, Japanese Studies, Women's and Gender Studies The course explores modern Japanese History from the imperial restoration of 1868 to after the Pacific War from an interdisciplinary perspective. It focuses on Japanese cultural, social and gender … For more content click the Read More button below.

Subject Area: Asian Studies

This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History, Japanese Studies, Women's and Gender Studies

The course explores modern Japanese History from the imperial restoration of 1868 to after the Pacific War from an interdisciplinary perspective. It focuses on Japanese cultural, social and gender history. In it, you will learn about marginalised groups and movements of resistance; the 'new Japanese woman', café culture and sexwork from the 'roaring twenties'; prewar radical literature; and postwar popular culture. Political history topics include western-style modernisation and its discontents; nationalism and the emperor-system ideology; as well as Japan's wars and empire. A central theme is the ambivalent nature of progress (Japan's modern 'miracles' and their 'down-sides'), and contending representations of Japan and its place in Asia and the modern world.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisiste: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at level 1 and 6 UOC at level 2 in one of the following streams, Asian Studies, History, or Women's and Gender Studies; or 48 UOC overall, including 12 UOC in Japanese Studies language courses

Course Outline

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$821
Domestic Students	$4470
International Students	$4470

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Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

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Japanese History: Modern Miracles and Mythologies

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