Cultural History of Postwar Japan - 1945-1980

Shunsuke Tsurumi, one of Japan's most distinguished contemporary philosophers, continues his study of the intellectual and social history of modern Japan with this penetrating analysis of popular culture in the post-war years. Japanese manga (comics), manzai (dialogues), television, advertising and popular songs are the medium for a revealing examination of the many contradictory forces at work beneath the surface of an apparently uniform and universal culture. The author argues that the iconography of these popular forms has deep and significant implication for the development of Japanese national life in the post-growth years that lie ahead.
 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Occupation: The American Way of Life As An Imposed Model  2. Occupation: On the Sense of Justice  3. Comics in Post-war Japan  4. Vaudeville Acts  5. Legends of Common Culture  6. Trends in Popular Songs since the 1960s  7. Ordinary Citizens and Citizens' Movements  8. Comments on Patterns of Life  9. A Comment on Guidebooks on Japan

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Shunsuke Tsurumi

Zusammenfassung

Shunsuke Tsurumi, one of Japan’s most distinguished contemporary philosophers, continues his study of the intellectual and social history of modern Japan with this penetrating analysis of popular culture in the post-war years. Japanese manga (comics), manzai (dialogues), television, advertising and popular songs are the medium for a revealing examination of the many contradictory forces at work beneath the surface of an apparently uniform and universal culture. The author argues that the iconography of these popular forms has deep and significant implication for the development of Japanese national life in the post-growth years that lie ahead.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Shunsuke Tsurumi, Tsurumi Shunsuke
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.03.2013
• EAN: 9780415846882
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84688-2
• Seiten: 178
• Serien: Routledge Library Editions: Japan; Routledge Library Editions: Japan
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde; Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Asian History, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)