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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2018
- Book Title
- How to Reach Japan by Subway: America's Fascination with Japan...
- ISBN
- 9780803299634
- Subject Area
- History, Social Science
- Publication Name
- How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- United States / 20th Century, Asia / Japan, Popular Culture
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Series
- Studies in Pacific Worlds Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Item Weight
- 21.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 294 Pages
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Japan's official surrender to the United States in 1945 brought to an end one of the most bitter and brutal military conflicts of the twentieth century. U.S. government officials then faced the task of transforming Japan from enemy to ally, not only in top-level diplomatic relations but also in the minds of the American public. Only ten years after World War II, this transformation became a success as middle-class American consumers across the country were embracing Japanese architecture, films, hobbies, philosophy, and religion. Cultural institutions on both sides of the Pacific along with American tastemakers promoted a new image of Japan in keeping with State Department goals. Focusing on traditions instead of modern realities, Americans came to view Japan as a nation that was sophisticated and beautiful yet locked harmlessly in a timeless "Oriental" past. What ultimately led many Americans to embrace Japanese culture was a desire to appear affluent and properly "tasteful" in the status-conscious suburbs of the 1950s. In How to Reach Japan by Subway , Meghan Warner Mettler studies the shibui phenomenon, in which middle-class American consumers embraced Japanese culture while still exoticizing this new aesthetic. By examining shibui through the popularity of samurai movies, ikebana flower arrangement, bonsai cultivation, home and garden design, and Zen Buddhism, Mettler provides a new context and perspective for understanding how Americans encountered a foreign nation in their everyday lives.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
080329963x
ISBN-13
9780803299634
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038791799
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965
Publication Year
2018
Subject
United States / 20th Century, Asia / Japan, Popular Culture
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Social Science
Series
Studies in Pacific Worlds Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2017-041405
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A wonderful contribution to our knowledge in the field of twentieth-century U.S. history, American studies, Asian American studies, and America in the world. It is a fun and exciting read."--Hiroshi Kitamura, associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary, "A wonderful contribution to our knowledge in the field of twentieth-century U.S. history, American studies, Asian American studies, and America in the world. It is a fun and exciting read."--Hiroshi Kitamura, associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary "With elegant erudition, Meghan Warner Mettler explains why and how Americans found themselves embracing the culture of their recently defeated enemy. . . . A pleasure to read, Mettler's book ultimately suggests that war and peacemaking also structure private, individual choices about taste in a consumer society."--Naoko Shibusawa, associate professor of history at Brown University and author of America's Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy, " How to Reach Japan by Subway demonstrates the promises of mining the cultural archive of U.S. consumerism for a richer understanding of elite American imaginings of the other at the peak of U.S. global power."--Andrew C. McKevitt, American Historical Review, "Mettler's study does a fine job of bringing much nuance and texture to the place of Japan in postwar American life and culture."--Mari Yoshihara, Journal of American History, "With elegant erudition, Meghan Warner Mettler explains why and how Americans found themselves embracing the culture of their recently defeated enemy. . . . A pleasure to read, Mettler's book ultimately suggests that war and peacemaking also structure private, individual choices about taste in a consumer society."--Naoko Shibusawa, associate professor of history at Brown University and author of America's Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.0952/0904
Lc Classification Number
E169.12.M48 2018
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Humble Leaders of the Free World: Historical Context of the Shibui Aesthetic 2. Samurai at the Sure Seaters: 1950s "Highbrow" Japanese Movies in the United States 3. Friendship through Flowers: Americans' Appreciation of Ikebana and Bonsai 4. How to Be American with Shibui Things: Japanese Aesthetics in the American Home 5. Satori in America: Intellectuals and Artists Discover Zen Buddhism 6. Zen Goes "Boom": The Popularity of Zen Buddhism, Both Beat and Square 7. Japan for the Rest of Us: Non-Shibui Japanese Imports in the Postwar Era Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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2018
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