Japanese popular culture and globalization / William M. Tsutsui

Author:: Tsutsui, William M.
Published:: Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: ix, 85 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contents:

Forms and themes in Japanese popular culture -- Historical roots -- Postwar popular culture -- Themes in Japanese pop -- Sources of the Japanese pop imagination -- Japanese culture, Western models -- The legacies of defeat -- Change and subversion -- The global appeal of Japanese popular culture -- Quality, content, and difference -- Familiarity and the media marketplace -- The smell of pop -- American trauma, Japanese pop -- A world of fans -- Lost in translation? : adapting Japanese popular culture for global audiences -- Dubbing, editing, censoring -- Lovable kooks, enduring stereotypes -- Remade in America -- Japan as soft superpower -- The Japanese state and popular culture -- The economics of Japanese pop -- Soft power, hard realities.

Subject(s):

Popular culture—Japan
Globalization—Social aspects—Japan
Mass media—Social aspects—Japan
Civilization, Modern—Japanese influences
Japan—Civilization—1945-
Japan—Relations—United States
United States—Relations—Japan

ISBN:

9780924304620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0924304626 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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