Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots? - A Social History of Japanese Television, 1953 - 1973

Informationen zum Autor Jayson Makoto Chun , raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an assistant professor of history at the University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu. Klappentext In a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn. Zusammenfassung In a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction to Japanese Television Culture Introduction Part 2: The History of Japanese Television Culture 1. Prewar Roots of Japanese Television Culture: Imperial Culture, Media Culture, and Radio 2. Postwar Media Culture and Japanese Encounters with TV 3. Pro Wrestling and Body Slams: Early TV as a Mass Event 4. Transforming the Nation: TV Takes Root in Japan (1957-1963) Part 3: Japanese Interactions with Television 5. Television Spreads to the Countryside 6. Intellectuals Debate TV: Oya's "Hundred Million Idiots" and Kato's "Television Culture" 7. Protecting the Children and Cleaning Up TV 8. Politics as Spectacle: Parades, Pageantry and Protests 9. Anpo Redux: University Riots and a Hostage Crisis 10. America in Japanese Television: Family Dramas and Cowboys 11. After the American Boom: Japanese TV Gains its Independence Part 4: The Meaning of the Japanese Television Nation Epilogue: Fractured Television Nation

Product details

• Authors: Jayson Makoto Chun, Chun Jayson Makoto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415976602
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97660-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, History: specific events & topics, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Radio & television industry, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, History: specific events and topics, Asian History, c 1960 to c 1969, Film, TV and Radio industries, C 1945 To C 1960