“I want to thank you for your interest in the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies and I am pleased to inform you that your proposal was accepted for the upcoming conference to be held in Fort Worth, TX on September 24 & 25.”
Oh crap… Guess this means I’d better write the presentation, huh?
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Domination and Diminution: The Shrinking of the Shamaness into the Anime Miko
R. Christopher Feldman
M.A. candidate
Asian Cultures and Languages
University of Texas at Austin
The figure of the miko or shrine maiden is a popular trope in contemporary Japanese popular culture. Dressed in their traditional red and white outfits, these characters are usually depicted as virginal, often prepubescent [...]
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First end-of-semester since I started back to school, where I don’t feel at least relieved, if not downright celebratory. Instead I feel like I did 15 rounds with Ali, Holyfield, AND Mike Tyson, and maybe Bruce Lee as well.
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I am now registered in Fall for phase one (research phase) of my MA Thesis on Shamanism in Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture.
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It took me longer than expected to finish reading my prof’s book because it turned out to be too enjoyable to skim.
Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburo, Oomoto, and the Rise of New Religion in Japan
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They’ve added a class on Religion in Modern Asia which is, obviously, right up my alley. Regretfully (because it looks like a really cool class), I’ve had to drop Visual Evidence in Modern China for this. However, as a result of the reading assignment (just spent a couple days reading 100+ pages on visual culture), [...]
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Registered for classes this morning.
ANS390 Readings in Modern East Asia – Stalker
(required proseminar for new grad students in East Asian studies)
ANS385 Visual Evidence in Modern China – Tsai
(related to my field as it concerns ‘reading’ a variety of visual media)
JPN320K Readings in Modern Japanese, Intermediate Level – Aida
(3rd year Japanese, semester 1)
I’ll also be TA’ing [...]
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It’s official – I got my diploma today.
© 2009 Flash Photography
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