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

By Iris Laemmerhirt

Book information

Publisher
Transcript-Verlag
Year
2014
ISBN
3837626008, 9783837626001
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1659565 bytes)
Series
Culture & Theory
Pages
262\263
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-11-25 00:21:03
United States;African American;Asian American;Hisp

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 »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid.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