Teaching Japanese Popular Culture

Teaching Japanese Popular Culture is a multiauthor publication edited by Deborah Shamoon and Chris McMorran. The impetus for this project was generated by an international conference of the same name, organized by the book’s editors, and assisted by Kim Thiam Huat. The conference was hosted by the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, November 11–12, 2012. It was supported by the Japan Foundation and coincided with the Anime Festival Asia, one of the largest conventions of its type to be held in Southeast Asia. This event was a drawcard for scholars in the field who were brought together to review their interests in strengthening pedagogical methods for teaching popular culture from Japan. The aim was also to share strategies for incorporating subject matter from Japanese popular culture, such as film, manga, anime, TV drama, fashion, art, design, and music, into...