03030oam 2200649I 450 991080611870332120240516192339.01-136-44673-70-203-12477-410.4324/9780203124772 (CKB)2550000000096686(EBL)957104(OCoLC)798532718(SSID)ssj0000679287(PQKBManifestationID)11469991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679287(PQKBWorkID)10610689(PQKB)10494714(MiAaPQ)EBC957104(Au-PeEL)EBL957104(CaPaEBR)ebr10545569(CaONFJC)MIL761268(OCoLC)787851242(EXLCZ)99255000000009668620180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSuperhuman Japan knowledge, nation, and culture in US-Japan relations /Marie Thorsten1st ed.London :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (182 p.)Routledge contemporary Japan series ;40Description based upon print version of record.0-415-41426-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 imagineRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;40.Public opinionUnited StatesJapanForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsJapanJapanForeign public opinion, AmericanJapanIn popular culturePublic opinion303.48273052327.52073Thorsten Marie.708882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806118703321Superhuman Japan1341314UNINA