Silence of the schoolgirls : death and the Japanese schoolgirl in contemporary US pop culture

textThis thesis explores images of the Japanese schoolgirl as accessory to the Occidental Self in contemporary Orientalist pop culture in the US. In an analysis of a series of images by four different Western pop culture artists, each artist expresses an appreciation for Japan that is based primarily on their encounter with Japanese pop culture. Furthermore, they express identification with the Japanese Other and a desire to introject into Japanese subjectivities. However, lacking the material body needed for full immersion or identification with the Other, they produce the Japanese schoolgirl as an accessory to the Self. The accessory provides false immersion or identification with the Japanese Other. In this way, the Japanese schoolgirl becomes the embodiment of Japanese pop culture and an object for Western fetishization.Asian Studie

Valenciennes – Avenue de Verdun

Le terrain diagnostiqué se situe à la base du versant septentrional de la vallée de la Rhônelle, affluent de l’Escaut qui rejoint le fleuve en rive droite à environ 1 km au nord-ouest du site. Les structures archéologiques les plus anciennes mises au jour au cours de cette opération datent de la Protohistoire. Pour cette période, deux phases peuvent être identifiées. La première serait représentée par un trou de poteau et quelques fosses peu profondes et pauvres en mobilier archéologique creu..