Ep. 3: Ghost in the Shell and Gender, Race, and Technology
East Asia for All
English - April 24, 2017 04:30 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEducation Society & Culture eastasia media popculture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Our third full episode features a discussion of Ghost in the Shell, a long-running Japanese pop culture franchise, as well as issues of whitewashing, gender, and technology in the Japanese and American popular imaginations. Dr. Noriko Aso came in to help us discuss all these issues and more.