Changes in the korean pop industry illustrate a process whereby foreign pop music is internalized, adapted and then pushed back into the wider world as a new style of pop which has been culturally filtered. Japanese popular culture and globalization japan module. The phenomenon of glocalization practices of japanese popular. Dec 06, 2017 specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, introducing japanese popular culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an uptodate overview of a wide variety of media forms. The globalization of k pop by gyu tag lee a dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty of george mason university. Japanese popular culture ic220, hs283, sc fall 2015 proposed 2 required texts. Many scholars have suggested answers to this question. The impact of japanese popular culture on the singaporean. Japanese popular culture has eventually become an integral part of the global culture through the artistic works that have been shared globally through the television network. Pop culture, though, has always occupied a singular place in japan s.
This study sought to explore this influence through a series of approaches. Students also become more aware of the japanese influence on american pop culture. But why have global audiences responded so enthusiastically to japanese entertainment. The remaking of japanese pop products abroad may be the ultimate form of localization, a wholesale appropriation of japanese styles, stories, and innovations that removes any apparent japaneseness from a pop culture artifact, be it a samurai movie or an animated series, even more thoroughly than editing, censoring, and dubbing. Aug 17, 2011 changes in the production and consumption of pop music have shown the globalization of culture in its most effective form. As the marketing of japanese cultural products expands beyond its own shores, the impact of the japanese popular culture begins to be felt overseas, especially in asian countries that share cultural similarities with japan. In the last two decades, japanese popular culture has gained a strong global foothold. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the. The challenges of globalization for japanese multinationals. Globalization and the japanese culture globalization in japan. Kyoto university is a postdoctoral fellow at the luis frieberg center for east asian studies, the hebrew university of jerusalem. Students will be introduced to key concepts and questions concerning japanese popular culture global flows and be given the opportunity to apply insights gained through course readings, lectures.
In a study of globalization, the problem is defined as a general understanding of the world that are compressed into one. Japanese popular culture and globalization columbia. Globalization is defined as the integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration of people and their knowledge and the spread of technology. The impact of japanese popular culture on the singaporean youth. This research paper will primarily discuss the impact that japanese animation and manga have had on american popular culture and the subsequent cult following they. Through the course readings and discussions, we will examine these and other questions concerning japanese popular culture in the age of globalization. He is a political scientist by training, working on japan s popular culture industries, japan s cultural policy, and the regionalization process in east and southeast asia.
Denationalization and renationalization of culture. Or could japan s globetrotting corporations serve as a model for battered u. The first chapter introduced the study and started off with the background and reasons for the research. Kawaii culture has its ties to another culture called shojo, a girl power type movement that has been commodified to sell the image of young girls alongside pop culture and the goods they might be interested in. For japanese society globalization is unavoidable current bringing both chances and challenges. Multimedia and popular culture there is a growing body of literature that suggests aspects of popular culture, specifically mass media, have the potential to shape individuals attitudes regarding issues such as race graves, 1999. The results of this study made one cultural flow in globalization clear. The crucial interaction between the flows of japanese popular culture and the constant development of globalization can be illustrated by presenting the current, confronting, and sometimes controversial insights into many forms of japanese popular culture emerging within the global context.
The dynamics of this phenomenon in the philippine context was this studys main topic of inquiry in view of the. He situates the rise of japan s cultural power in light of decentering globalization processes and demonstrates how japan. As better predicted by theories outside of this hegemonic imperialistic lens, american popular culture has been and continues to be influenced by japanese cultural products. Sep 10, 2015 globalization s impact on japanese culture as japan increases in trades with other nations of different culture, there is a prevailing notion that the adaptation of global standards will lead to the demise of japan s unique culture values. A history of popular culture in japan supplementary materials. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book argues that a key factor behind the changing nature of japanese popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in east and southeast asia, it is japan. Surveying japanese forms from anime animation and manga comic books to monster movies and hello kitty products, this volume is an accessible introduction to japans pop creativity and its appeal worldwide. Pdf japanese hiphop and the globalization of popular. Japanese commenters took pleasure in observing the globalization and consumption of anime as well as japanese video games, and that it showed the cultural superiority of. Ethical, legal, and cultural challenges to japanese popular culture. While popular films and literature recycled old antiasian imagery and crafted new ways of imagining the yellow peril, and formal u.
Singapore, which has historically been subjected to foreign influence through. Pokemon, anime, pop music, television dramas such as tokyo love story and long vacationthe export of japanese media and culture is big business. Japanese popular culture and globalization is the only concise overview of japan s phenomenal impact on world pop culture available in english. Popular culture, globalization and japan examines this evolution from a new and challenging perspective by focusing on the movements of popular culture into and out of japan. Pdf japanese cultural influence in the philippines. Japanese anime animation and manga comic books have become youth favorites internationally. From contemporary pop culture s beginnings in the shadow of the second world war and the earlier china campaign, japan s sense of identity has been contested, challenged, reconsidered, restructured, and revived through multiple popular media. Recentering globalization popular culture and japanese. Manga and anime were mainstays in japanese pop culture long before the art form made its way west. Popular culture and japanese transnationalism, koichi iwabuchi download citation file. A history of popular culture in japan supplementary. Hcol 086 f spring 2018 syllabus d2 globalization and.
While commentators both qualified and dubiously so penned libraries worth of articles and books on japan s meteoric postwarrise, popular culture increasingly used japan as a source of entertainment. The japanese adjective kawaii can be translated as cute or adorable and is the drive behind one of japan s most popular aesthetic cultures. The globalization of k pop a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy at george mason university. Japanese popular culture in east and southeast asia. The dynamics of japanese popular culture development in indonesia in explaining the success of japanese popular culture in indonesia need to browse in advance the success of the popular culture of japan are from east asia and southeast not in america or europe, some argue that cultural proximity proximity culture determine the course of. Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence.
It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic. The rising international prominence of japanese popular culture from manga and anime to sushi and hello kittyis something that has been hard to ignore over the past quarter century. The dominance of western technologies and economic institutions in global economic and cultural life is apparent and inevitable and, thus, japan being developing country should respond to globalization. Pdf japanese cultural influence in the philippines through. Surveying japanese forms from anime animation and manga comic books to monster movies and hello kitty products, this volume is an accessible introduction to japan s pop creativity and its. This is one of the important features of current globalization in the circulation of popular culture. The 1990s japan s return to asia in the age of globalization, recentering globalization. Japan relations remained locked in a holding pattern.
It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have. Fall 2015 33 research introduction in order to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live and work in an interconnected and. The japanese culture has been a rival to the american culture, although it is currently being popularized and accepted more than its american counterpart. Japanese popular culture and globalization key issues in. The journey of cultural globalization in korean pop music.
Indeed, the term manga dates to the late 18th century in japan and it is the japanese term for comics. In recentering globalization 2002, iwabuchi situates the rise of japanese cultural power in globalization processes. This includes japanese who have studied or worked abroad, as well as foreign employees. Pdf globalisation as a challenge to islamic cultural. Drawing on the key genres of japanese modern and contemporary cultural production manga, anime, film and visual arts japanese popular culture introduces students to the cultural narratives of postwar japan and examines how the traditions and cultural roots of the past continue to influence cultural behavior and production today. Popular culture, globalization and japan 1st edition. The rise of japanese popular culture has been one of the undeniable global phenomena of the late twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries. The word was first used in 1798 to describe the picture book shiji no yukikai. Japanese popular culture has developed in many unexpected and fascinating ways. The third question is why japanese anime and manga have become globally popular. Introducing japanese popular culture 1st edition alisa.
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