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200 10$aSuperhuman Japan $eknowledge, nation, and culture in US-Japan relations /$fMarie Thorsten
205   $a1st ed.
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2012.
215   $a1 online resource (182 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v40
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-41426-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aFront 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: Kyo?iku mamas; 4. Super-inhuman: Youth and international relations in Battle Royale; 5. Super cool from Sputnik to Japan; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index
330   $aThis book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the way in which Japan has been constituted in a global political gaze as an economic hegemon. In times of heightened rivalry, we often try to find superior ""others"" so that we can motivate ourselves against an imagine
410  0$aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v40.
606   $aPublic opinion$zUnited States
607   $aJapan$xForeign relations$zUnited States
607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zJapan
607   $aJapan$xForeign public opinion, American
607   $aJapan$xIn popular culture
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