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WEEK # READINGS
1 de Bary. Sources of Chinese Tradition. "Confucius," "Taoism," and "Introduction to Buddhism."

White and Barnet. "Thinking about Culture."

2 de Bary. "Zen Buddhism."

Suzuki. "Painting, [Haiku], Swordsmanship, Tea Ceremony."
3 Nitschke. Japanese Gardens. Selections: "Rocks in the Sand," "Path and Goal," "The Rustic Tea Garden," and "Wabi-Restraint and Poverty." Look at all pictures: pp. 64-167.
4 Fu. Six Records of a Floating Life. Chap. 1-3.

Fang. Introduction to Treasures of the Chinese Scholar.

Zhang. "The Chinese Language and Scholar Objects."

Zhang. "Scholar Objects and Folk Beliefs."

Clunas. "Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China."

Zhenheng. Treatise on Superfluous Things. Excerpts.

Fong and Murch. "The Scholar's Garden."
5 Haboush, trans. The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong. "Introduction," "The Memoir of 1795," and "The Memoir of 1805." Look through the illustrations between pp. 195-197.

Nahm. "The Yi Dynasty and a Confucianized Korea."
6 China:

Simoons. "Food in Chinese Thought and Culture."

Watson. "From the Common Pot: Feasting with Equals in Chinese Society."

Cooper. "Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat."

Japan:

Richie. Introduction to A Taste of Japan, and "Okashi."

Korea:

Annual Customs of Korea. Excerpts.

Marks. The Korean Kitchen. Excerpts.

Films (to watch on your own):

Tampopo.

301/302. (optional)

7 Kendall. Getting Married in Korea: Of Gender, Morality and Modernity. Chap. 1, 2, 3, 7, and Conclusion.
8 Lent. The Asian Film Industry. Selection.

Ryan. "Blood, Brothers and Hong Kong Gangster Movies: Pop Culture Commentary on 'One China.'"

Film (to watch on your own):

A Better Tomorrow.

9 Homework:

Watson, ed. Golden Arches East. (Students will read Introduction, Afterword, and chap. 1 on Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul or Tokyo)
10 Zha. China Pop. Selections.

Films (to watch on your own):

Red Sorghum.

Judou.

11 Tanner. "Mr. Atomic, Mr. Mercury, and Chime Trooper: Japan's Answer to the American Dream."

Napier. "Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira."

Gibson. "Is Japan Still the Future?" and "My Own Private Tokyo."

Gibson. "The Future Perfect: How Did Japan Become the Favorite Default Setting for so Many Cyberpunk Writers?"

12 Final Presentations

Final Portfolio Due