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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778921903321

Autore

Thorsten Marie

Titolo

Superhuman Japan : knowledge, nation, and culture in US-Japan relations / / Marie Thorsten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-44673-7

0-203-12477-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary Japan series ; ; 40

Disciplina

303.48273052

327.52073

Soggetti

Public opinion - United States

Japan Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Japan

Japan Foreign public opinion, American

Japan In popular culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Superhuman Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Sputnik moment" relaunch: the comeback of the superhuman?; 1. America's Superhuman Japan: from Rising Sun to globalization rising; 2. You are Number Two: The awe doctrine from Sputnik to the Japanese economic miracle; 3. Supermoms: Kyōiku mamas; 4. Super-inhuman: Youth and international relations in Battle Royale; 5. Super cool from Sputnik to Japan; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the way in which Japan has been constituted in a global political gaze as an economic hegemon. In times of heightened rivalry, we often try to find superior ""others"" so that we can motivate ourselves against an imagine