Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt

Embracing Differences (eBook, PDF)

Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

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 »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid.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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: transcript Verlag
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783839426005
• Artikelnr.: 40744118

Autorenporträt

Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt (Dr.phil.) teaches classes in American Studies and British Literature at TU Dortmund University. Her main field of research are Pacific Studies and Transnational Studies with a strong focus on the literature and culture of Hawai'i. She has completed her PhD thesis, which was partly funded by the Wilhelm and Günter Esser Foundation, on transnational Japanese-American cultural exchanges in 2008 at the Ruhr-University Bochum. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia's College at Wise from 2013 to 2014.

Rezensionen

»It is, however, a superb introductory textbook to its subject, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to undergraduate students and any other scholars seeking a comprehensive overview of the considerable body of literature on transnational cultural flows between the United States and Japan.« Casey Brienza, Pacific Affairs, 89/1 (2016) Besprochen in: https://pan-asian.blogspot.com, 01.12.2021