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

Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States
ISBN-10
3839426006
ISBN-13
9783839426005
Category
Social Science
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
2014-03-31
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Author
Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt

Description

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 »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid.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.

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