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Seeking the Self

Individualism and Popular Culture in Japan. Dissertationsschrift
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258 Seiten
Englisch
Peter Langerschienen am06.07.2007
This book is about the self in contemporary Japan. In contrast to Euro-American cultures, in which the self is considered to be the essence of personhood, in Japanese culture the self is constantly reconstructed in relations to others. This particular self is studied by examining the ways popular culture is consumed, with a special focus on manga, the Japanese word for comics and cartoons. The first part of the book contains an ethnographic research in which the author investigates the relationship between popular media and the search for self-knowledge. In the second part a historical analysis traces the development of self-seeking in Japan since the country's modernisation period.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextThis book is about the self in contemporary Japan. In contrast to Euro-American cultures, in which the self is considered to be the essence of personhood, in Japanese culture the self is constantly reconstructed in relations to others. This particular self is studied by examining the ways popular culture is consumed, with a special focus on manga, the Japanese word for comics and cartoons. The first part of the book contains an ethnographic research in which the author investigates the relationship between popular media and the search for self-knowledge. In the second part a historical analysis traces the development of self-seeking in Japan since the country's modernisation period.

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: Consuming Commonality: Manga, Otaku, Tamagocchi - Consuming Empathy - Making a Japanese Individual: the 1970s and the '80s - From National to Cultural Japaneseness: the Postwar Period up to 1970 - The Emergence of national Japaneseness: from the Meiji Period to 1945.mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

The Author: Satomi Ishikawa studied Chinese Studies at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo and Anthropology of Media at the School of Oriental African Studies in London. Later she worked as a freelance translator for international broadcasting services. Having lived abroad for many years, she became interested in her native culture and conducted her doctoral research in East Asian Studies at the University of Cologne, where she received her Ph.D.
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