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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"--

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.
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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.