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Authenticating Alterity:<br>
Stereotypes of the Black Other in Japan and the United States<br>
John G. Russell (Gifu University, Japan)<br>
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<font size=4>Wednesday, September 20<br>
4 - 6 pm<br>
4-237, MIT<br>
Free and open to the public<br>
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<font size=1>(Iona Brown, <i>Thug Life Samurai</i>) (Santa
Inoue, <i>Tokyo Tribe</i>)</font><br>
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</font><font size=4>Anthropology professor John G. Russell of Gifu
University (Japan) will discuss his current book project which explores
the ways iconographies of “blackness” in popular culture in Japan and the
US exert a powerful influence on national identity and cross-cultural
understandings. He argues that what is popularly thought of as
"black culture" in Japan and the US tends to reify stereotypes
while obscuring Asian-Black encounters. His multimedia presentation will
be followed by a question-and-answer session.<br>
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<font size=4>This year's theme for the Cool Japan research project is
"Race, Sex, and Nation." The group receives support from the
MIT Japan Program, MIT Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Harvard’s
Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies. <br>
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<font size=4>For more info, please contact Professor Ian Condry
(FL&L)
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condry@mit.edu</a></font><font size=4> or Christine Phillips (FL&L)
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cphill@mit.edu</a></font><font size=4> or 617-253-4771.<br>
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Christine Phillips<br>
Administrative Assistant<br>
Foreign Languages and LIteratures<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
14N-305<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br><br>
Tel: 617-253-4771<br>
Fax: 617-258-6189<br>
<a href="mailto:cphill@mit.edu">cphill@mit.edu</a><br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br><br>
Christine Phillips<br>
Administrative Assistant<br>
Foreign Languages and LIteratures<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
14N-305<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br><br>
Tel: 617-253-4771<br>
Fax: 617-258-6189<br>
<a href="mailto:cphill@mit.edu">cphill@mit.edu</a><br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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