Blog assignment for Tuesday, April 4



In addition to reading the Kinsella and McVeigh texts found on Canvas, please publish a post on your individual blog as described below:

Part I:  After you read the texts and reflect on what the two authors had to say about the cute in Japan, please think about the place of the cute in your current life.  (I would assume that there were tons of "cute" things in your childhood, so as in the articles, I'd like you to focus on you as you are today--an adult, if you like.)  Choose one thing to reflect on, and post a relevant image.  Think about corresponds to or differs from the meaning/significance/implications of "cute" as presented in the articles.  Choose anything, including a cat video if you swing that way.

If there is absolutely nothing that is "cute" in your current life, discuss why that is so.

Part II: Find something cute (kawaii) from Japanese culture, and discuss it in terms of the ideas presented in the articles and our discussions in class.  For this assignment, please try to go for something that seems to be intended to be truly cute, and not something that, like most of Nara's images, has a more complicated (and possibly subversive) relationship with the cute.  Be sure to post an image (or short video) of what you will be discussing.  Do not do Hello Kitty.  (If you really really want to post something on Hello Kitty, you can do that in Part I, or you can add it to the two parts of the assignment.

The assignment is due to be posted by 1 pm, Tuesday, April 4.

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