Activities

Lecture: US Race Relations and Hollywood’s Scapegoating of the Japanese during WWII

2015.11.6  17:00-18:30
Venue Central LibDaterary 9F, L-921, Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University ( Institute of American and Canadian Studies)
Language English
Registration No previous registration is necessary.
*Visitors from outside the university are kindly asked to register at the library entrance.
 Lecturer  Brian Locke (Assistant Professor, Center for Global Communication Strategies (CGCS), The University of Tokyo)
 Admission  Free
This talk argues that the 1943 Hollywood WWII combat movie, Bataan (1943, dir. Tay Garnett), scapegoats the Japanese enemy by transferring the mark of anti-black racism from white to Japanese through the figure of lynching.
Poster 151106 Brian Locke