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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822704403321

Autore

Tsurumi Shunsuke <1922-, >

Titolo

A cultural history of postwar Japan 1945-1980 / / Shunsuke Tsurumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2011, c1987

ISBN

1-136-91766-7

1-136-91767-5

1-283-03764-5

9786613037640

0-203-84408-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; Volume 50

Disciplina

306.09520904

952.04

Soggetti

Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945-

Popular culture -- Japan

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

East Asia

Japan Social life and customs 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Occupation: The American Way of Life as an Imposed Model; 2 Occupation: On the Sense of Justice; 3 Comics in Postwar Japan; 4 Vaudeville Acts; 5 Legends of Common Culture; 6 Trends in Popular Songs Since the 1960s; 7 Ordinary Citizens and Citizens' Movements; 8 Comments on Patterns of Life; 9 A Comment on Guidebooks on Japan; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shunsuke Tsurumi, one of Japan's most distinguished contemporary philosophers, continues his study of the intellectual and social history of modern Japan with this penetrating analysis of popular culture in the post-war years. Japanese manga (comics), manzai (dialogues), television, advertising and popular songs are the medium for a



revealing examination of the many contradictory forces at work beneath the surface of an apparently uniform and universal culture. The author argues that the iconography of these popular forms has deep and significant implication for the development of Japanese