Superhuman Japan [Hardback]Knowledge, Nation and Culture in US-Japan Relationsby Marie Thorsten
Shipping from 15/03/2012 - can be pre-ordered Description of Superhuman JapanFrom the 1980s to the 1990s, Japan - the former Second World War enemy - was reborn as public economy number one in America. By the early twenty-first century, this American fear of Japanese conquest looms either as the unusual episode of American empire or as a preview of the current economic race with China. "Superhumanizing Japan" examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans towards Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war, Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the way in which Japan has been constituted in a global political gaze as an economic hegemony.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Marie ThorstenMarie Thorsten is Associate Professor of Global Communications at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan where she researches and teaches courses in global and cultural studies. |
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