How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965 /
"A study of the shibui phenomenon, in which American middle-class consumers embraced Japanese culture as familiar, yet exotic, in the two decades following the end of World War II"--
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2018]
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Colección: | Studies in Pacific worlds.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Humble leaders of the free world: historical context of the shibui aesthetic
- Samurai at the sure seaters : 1950s "highbrow" Japanese movies in the United States
- Friendship through flowers : Americans' appreciation of ikebana and bonsai
- How to be American with shibui things : Japanese aesthetics in the American home
- Satori in America : intellectuals and artists discover Zen Buddhism
- Zen goes "boom" : the popularity of Zen Buddhism, both beat and square
- Japan for the rest of us : non-shibui Japanese imports in the postwar era
- Conclusion.