Format:
1 Online-Ressource (261 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783837626001
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9783839426005
,
9783839426005
Series Statement:
Culture & theory
Note:
Dissertation Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2008
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Biographical note: Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt teaches American Studies and British Studies at TU Dortmund University where she is a post-doctoral candidate. Her research interests are the literature of the 1940s, Transnational Studies, and representations of Hawaii in the media. Currently, she is teaching as a Fulbright SIR at UVA Wise
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Main description: The omnipresence and popularity of American consumer products in Japan have triggered an avalanche of writing shedding light on different aspects of this cross-cultural relationship. Cultural interactions are often accompanied by the term cultural imperialism, a concept that on close scrutiny turns out to be a hasty oversimplification given the contemporary cultural interaction between the U.S. and Japan. »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid. Closely investigating Disney theme parks, sushi, as well as movies, Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt reveals a dialogical exchange between these two nations that has changed the image of Japan in the United States
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Japan
;
Kulturaustausch
;
Transnationalisierung
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.14361/transcript.9783839426005
DOI:
10.1515/transcript.9783839426005
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Laemmerhirt, Iris-Aya 1980-
