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UNINA9910778921903321 |
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Autore |
Thorsten Marie |
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Titolo |
Superhuman Japan : knowledge, nation, and culture in US-Japan relations / / Marie Thorsten |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-44673-7 |
0-203-12477-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; ; 40 |
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Soggetti |
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Public opinion - United States |
Japan Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Japan |
Japan Foreign public opinion, American |
Japan In popular culture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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