A History of Popular Culture in Japan

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Beschreibung

The phenomenon of 'Cool Japan' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using it to explore broader themes of conflict, power and meaning in Japanese history.

E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan was one of the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products consumed by urban middle and working classes. From traditional monochrome ink painting, court literature and poetry to anime, manga and J-Pop, popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism and economic development, and to the present day plays a central role in Japanese identity.

With updated historiography throughout, this fully revised second edition features:
- A new chapter on popular culture in the Edo period
- An expanded section on pre-Tokugawa culture
- More discussion on recent pop culture phenomena such as TV game shows, cuteness and J-Pop
- 10 new images
- A new glossary of terms including kanji

This improved edition is a vital resource for students of Japanese cultural history wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Japan's contributions to global cultural heritage.

Über den Autor

E. Taylor Atkins

Zusammenfassung

Second edition boasts a new chapter on popular culture in the Edo period plus expanded sections on pre-Tokugawa culture and modern day phenomena such as TV game shows and J-Pop

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The worst which has been thought and said? Defining popular culture
2 Floating worlds-the birth of popular culture in Japan
3 A whole new world-cultural exchanges with East Asia and Europe
4 Naughty and nice-early modern Japan's culture wars
5 Popular culture as subject and object of Meiji modernization
6 Cultural living-cosmopolitan modernism in imperial Japan
7 Entertaining empire-popular culture as a "technology of imperialism"
8 "Our spirit against their steel"-mobilizing culture for war
9 Democracy, monstrosity, and pensive prosperity-postwar pop
10 Millennial Japan as dream factory
Afterword-Contemplating cool
Notes
References
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781350195929
ISBN-10:	1350195928
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Atkins, E. Taylor
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	237 x 155 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	E. Taylor Atkins
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.10.2022
Gewicht:	0,63 kg