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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970559303321

Autore

Iwabuchi Kōichi <1960->

Titolo

Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity: Internationalism, Brand Nationalism, and Multiculturalism in Japan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington Books

ISBN

1-9787-3184-1

1-4985-0227-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 pages)

Collana

New Studies of Modern Japan

Disciplina

303.48252

Soggetti

Brand name products

Culture and globalization

Culture diffusion

Multiculturalism

Nationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Media culture globalization and national border transgression -- Banal inter-nationalism and its others -- Cool Japan, brand nationalism and the public interest -- Lost in trans-nation : post-Orientalism and actually existing multicultural reality -- Making it multinational : media representation of multicultural Japan -- The Korean wave and the dis/empowering of resident Koreans in Japan -- East Asian media culture connections, inter-Asian referencing and cross-border dialogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book discusses how the evolution of market-driven cultural globalization has reinforced the administration of national cultural borders in Japan. As a result of these processes, a particular kind of cross-border connectivity and exchange is embraced while cross-border dialogue and engagement with multicultural questions within Japan are discouraged"--Provided by publisher.