Required Readings

Anne Allison, Millenial monsters: Japanese toys and the global imagination (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006). Referred to as "Allison" on the course calendar.

Carolyn Cartier and Alen Lew, eds., Seductions of place: geographical perspectives on globalization and touristed landscapes, (New York: Routledge, 2005). Referred to as "Cartier" on the course calendar. Individual chapter authors indicated in parentheses on the calendar.

Katharyne Mitchell, Crossing the neoliberal line: Pacific Rim migration and the metropolis (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004). Referred to as "Mitchell" on the course calendar.

Reading assignments are indicated on the course calendar and should be completed by the day under which they are listed.