How to Reach Japan By Subway - America''s Fascination With Japanese Culture, 19451965

Informationen zum Autor Meghan Warner Mettler is an assistant professor of history at Upper Iowa University.     Klappentext Meghan Warner Mettler is an assistant professor of history at Upper Iowa University. ¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung Examines the shibui phenomenon! in which American consumers embraced Japanese culture while still exoticizing this new aesthetic. By examining shibui through the popularity of samurai movies! ikebana flower arrangement! bonsai cultivation! home and garden design! and Zen Buddhism! Mettler provides a new context for understanding how Americans encountered a foreign nation in their everyday lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Humble Leaders of the Free World: Historical Context of the Shibui Aesthetic 2. Samurai at the Sure Seaters: 1950s “Highbrow” Japanese Movies in the United States 3. Friendship through Flowers: Americans’ Appreciation of Ikebana and Bonsai 4. How to Be American with Shibui Things: Japanese Aesthetics in the American Home 5. Satori in America: Intellectuals and Artists Discover Zen Buddhism 6. Zen Goes “Boom”: The Popularity of Zen Buddhism, Both Beat and Square 7. Japan for the Rest of Us: Non-Shibui Japanese Imports in the Postwar Era Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Meghan Warner Mettler
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780803299634
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9963-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Studies in Pacific Worlds; Studies in Pacific Worlds
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries