Recentering globalization : popular culture and Japanese transnationalism

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Recentering globalization : popular culture and Japanese transnationalism

Koichi Iwabuchi

Duke University Press, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-259) and index

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  • Taking "Japanization" seriously : cultural globalization reconsidered
  • Trans/nationalism : the discourse on Japan in the global cultural flow
  • Localizing "Japan" in the booming Asian markets
  • Becoming culturally proximate : Japanese TV dramas in Taiwan
  • Popular Asianism in Japan : nostalgia for (different) Asian modernity
  • Japan's Asian dreamworld

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Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western-particularly American-popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. Pokemon, anime, pop music, television dramas such as Tokyo Love Story and Long Vacation-the export of Japanese media and culture is big business. In Recentering Globalization, Koichi Iwabuchi explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. He situates the rise of Japan's cultural power in light of decentering globalization processes and demonstrates how Japan's extensive cultural interactions with the other parts of Asia complicate its sense of being "in but above" or "similar but superior to" the region.Iwabuchi has conducted extensive interviews with producers, promoters, and consumers of popular culture in Japan and East Asia. Drawing upon this research, he analyzes Japan's "localizing" strategy of repackaging Western pop culture for Asian consumption and the ways Japanese popular culture arouses regional cultural resonances. He considers how transnational cultural flows are experienced differently in various geographic areas by looking at bilateral cultural flows in East Asia. He shows how Japanese popular music and television dramas are promoted and understood in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and how "Asian" popular culture (especially Hong Kong's) is received in Japan. Rich in empirical detail and theoretical insight, Recentering Globalization is a significant contribution to thinking about cultural globalization and transnationalism, particularly in the context of East Asian cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii Note on Japanese Names ix Introduction: The 1990s-Japan returns to Asia in the age of globalization 1 1. Taking "Japanization" seriously: Cultural globalization reconsidered 23 2. Trans/nationalism: The discourse on Japan in the global cultural flow 51 3. Localizing "Japan" in the booming Asian markets 85 4. Becoming culturally proximate: Japanese TV dramas in Taiwan 121 5. Popular Asianism in Japan: Nostalgia for (different) Asian modernity 158 6. Japan's Asian dreamworld 199 Notes 211 References 233 Index 261

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