Professor Yasue Kuwahara spoke on J-Pop on Oct. 21
The IUN East Asian Studies Gateway and the IU Bloomington East Asian Studies Center jointly sponsor four public lectures on East Asian pop culture via Zoom in fall 2023.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, Professor Yasue Kuwahara from Northern Kentucky University spoke on Japanese pop culture between 10-11:30 am central time.
Dr. Yasue Kuwahara is a Professor of Communication and an expert in the field of popular culture studies. She is founder and Director of the Popular Culture Studies Program at Northern Kentucky University. Dr. Kuwahara’s on-going research focuses on the U.S. influence on postwar Japanese society and culture. In recent years her research interest has expanded to East Asian popular culture. She is the author/editor of The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context and “Japanese Culture and Popular Consciousness: Disney’s The Lion King vs. Tezuka’s Jungle Emperor” among others. Dr. Kuwahara is also the editor of the Palgrave East Asian Popular Culture Series.
The following is the recorded lecture.
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