Steger Brigitte, Koch Angelika, Tso Christopher (Ed.) Beyond Kawaii: Studying Japanese Femininities at Cambridge

LIT, 2020. — 284 р. — ISBN 978-3-643-96286-7The teaching of Japanese language, history and culture at the University of Cambridge has a history of over 70 years.1 Being a highly selective insti-tution, Cambridge has never admitted the number of students commonly
9 found at other European institutions; on average about ten students embark in Japanese Studies every year. They have to work hard, as academic terms are intensely paced and much is expected of them. However, they receive a lot of attention and support, meeting their teachers not only in their weekly classes but also for individual supervisions to discuss their work.
While all our essay collections so far have focused on gender issues, students in Japanese Studies investigate a wide range of topics in their final year dissertations, ranging from the analysis of premodern humorous tales to the politics of promoting space technology, and from the history of mass media and railways to psychiatric daycare.