Embracing Differences : : Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States / / Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Laemmerhirt, Iris-Aya,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Note on Japanese Terms --; Exoticism, Imagination, and the Harajuku Girls --; “Here Be Monsters”: Early Japanese- American Cultural Exchanges --; Yōkoso Mickey Mouse! Disney in Japan --; A Taste of Difference: Sushi in the United States --; Could We Have a Geisha in This Scene? Transnational Depictions of Japan in Contemporary Hollywood Movies --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839426005; 9783111025230; 9783110661552; 9783110352856; 9783110370744; 9783110401219
• DOI: 10.1515/transcript.9783839426005?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt.

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 »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid.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