Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States

Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt

Published by transcript Verlag 2013

Embracing Differences

Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States

Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt

Volume 36 in the series Edition Kulturwissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839426005

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About this book

The omnipresence and popularity of American consumer products in Japan have triggered an avalanche of writing shedding light on different aspects of this cross-cultural relationship. Cultural interactions are often accompanied by the term cultural imperialism, a concept that on close scrutiny turns out to be a hasty oversimplification given the contemporary cultural interaction between the U.S. and Japan. »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid. Closely investigating Disney theme parks, sushi, as well as movies, Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt reveals a dialogical exchange between these two nations that has changed the image of Japan in the United States.

Author / Editor information

Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt (Dr.phil.) teaches classes in American Studies and British Literature at TU Dortmund University. Her main field of research are Pacific Studies and Transnational Studies with a strong focus on the literature and culture of Hawai'i. She has completed her PhD thesis, which was partly funded by the Wilhelm and Günter Esser Foundation, on transnational Japanese-American cultural exchanges in 2008 at the Ruhr-University Bochum. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia's College at Wise from 2013 to 2014.

Reviews

»It is, however, a superb introductory textbook to its subject, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to undergraduate students and any other scholars seeking a comprehensive overview of the considerable body of literature on transnational cultural flows between the United States and Japan.«
Casey Brienza, Pacific Affairs, 89/1 (2016)

Besprochen in:
https://pan-asian.blogspot.com, 01.12.2021

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Note on Japanese Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Exoticism, Imagination, and the Harajuku Girls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
“Here Be Monsters”: Early Japanese- American Cultural Exchanges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Yōkoso Mickey Mouse! Disney in Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
A Taste of Difference: Sushi in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Could We Have a Geisha in This Scene? Transnational Depictions of Japan in Contemporary Hollywood Movies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 262
Keywords: Culture; Media; Japan; USA; America; Cultural Studies; American Studies; Asia

eBook

Published: March 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783839426005