How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965 /

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"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mettler, Meghan Warner (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Colección:Studies in Pacific worlds.
Temas:
Since 1945
Popular culture > Japan.
Popular culture > United States > Japanese influences.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Influence japonaise.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Civilization
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Popular culture > Japanese influences
Japanbild
United States > Japanese influences.
Japan > Civilization > 1945-
Japan > Social life and customs.
Japon > Civilisation > 1945-
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes.
Japan
United States
USA
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.

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