Description
As the drive to rebuild modern Japan after WWII slowed, latent and new social problems have become visible. This course offers interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as care of the elderly and homeless, equal treatment of minorities, gender and labor issues, domestic and world ecological concerns, and relevant institutions that promote or attack prejudice towards heterogeneous social groups. Taught in English.
This course fulfills MLO4: Secondary Culture Other Than Hispanic Cultures
The course Social Issues in Japan met MLO4: Secondary Culture Other Than Hispanic Cultures because it discussed the country of Japan and certain topics that are more specific to the country of Japan rather than my main focus of Spanish-speaking countries. Each week we participated in discussions about weekly films and articles in which described or gave a better insight into some of the topics in the issues of Japan culture. They included Postwar Japan, labor in Japan, homogeneity, and Okinawa. Towards the end of the course we were also introduced to the topics of gender inequality, which was important as we could compare the differences and similarities between the country of Japan and other countries such as the United States and even Spanish-speaking countries. We were able to notice that these three cultures actually have similarities between them when we talk about some of these topics. I was interested in the gender labor and inequality of the country of Japan as it was the most impactful to research and learn more information about personally. For this reason, my final paper was on the topic of our choosing and I chose to do mine on gender inequality in Japan but focusing on the workplace. This final paper had to meet 2,000 words but before, we were to participate in peer-reviews in order to have another student’s perspective on the topic we chose and what we can do to make our final draft better. The paper had to have eight sources, both primary and secondary, as well as a mix of some of our class sources to support the claim we made about our topic. Below is a link to my final paper about gender inequality for the working women in Japanese society.
This course fulfills MLO4: Secondary Culture Other Than Hispanic Cultures
The course Social Issues in Japan met MLO4: Secondary Culture Other Than Hispanic Cultures because it discussed the country of Japan and certain topics that are more specific to the country of Japan rather than my main focus of Spanish-speaking countries. Each week we participated in discussions about weekly films and articles in which described or gave a better insight into some of the topics in the issues of Japan culture. They included Postwar Japan, labor in Japan, homogeneity, and Okinawa. Towards the end of the course we were also introduced to the topics of gender inequality, which was important as we could compare the differences and similarities between the country of Japan and other countries such as the United States and even Spanish-speaking countries. We were able to notice that these three cultures actually have similarities between them when we talk about some of these topics. I was interested in the gender labor and inequality of the country of Japan as it was the most impactful to research and learn more information about personally. For this reason, my final paper was on the topic of our choosing and I chose to do mine on gender inequality in Japan but focusing on the workplace. This final paper had to meet 2,000 words but before, we were to participate in peer-reviews in order to have another student’s perspective on the topic we chose and what we can do to make our final draft better. The paper had to have eight sources, both primary and secondary, as well as a mix of some of our class sources to support the claim we made about our topic. Below is a link to my final paper about gender inequality for the working women in Japanese society.