Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the  West: From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool

Tets Kimura

Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the West: From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Perceiving Japan in the West

Japan is cool. Japanese coolness has been studied for decades by scholars from all over the world, famously by Douglas McGray who argued that Japan is a "cultural superpower".

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exporting Japanese Aesthetics
Subtitle of host publication	Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan
Editors	Tets Kimura, Jennifer Anne Harris
Place of Publication	Eastbourne
Publisher	Sussex Academic Press
Chapter	1
Pages	12-40
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9781782846581
ISBN (Print)	9781789760019
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.

Keywords

Civilization, Modern -- Japanese influences
Japan -- Civilization
Aesthetics, Japanese

Cite this

@inbook{c2cc7e5dbb204dffa3fd21b461524f42,

title = "Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the West: From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool",

abstract = "Perceiving Japan in the WestJapan is cool. Japanese coolness has been studied for decades by scholars from all over the world, famously by Douglas McGray who argued that Japan is a {"}cultural superpower{"}.",

keywords = "Civilization, Modern -- Japanese influences, Japan -- Civilization, Aesthetics, Japanese",

author = "Tets Kimura",

year = "2020",

month = jun,

language = "English",

isbn = "9781789760019 ",

series = "Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.",

publisher = "Sussex Academic Press",

pages = "12--40",

editor = "Tets Kimura and Harris, {Jennifer Anne}",

booktitle = "Exporting Japanese Aesthetics",

}

Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the West: From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool. / Kimura, Tets.
Exporting Japanese Aesthetics: Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan. ed. / Tets Kimura; Jennifer Anne Harris. Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2020. p. 12-40 (Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

TY - CHAP

T1 - Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the West

T2 - From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool

AU - Kimura, Tets

PY - 2020/6

Y1 - 2020/6

N2 - Perceiving Japan in the WestJapan is cool. Japanese coolness has been studied for decades by scholars from all over the world, famously by Douglas McGray who argued that Japan is a "cultural superpower".

AB - Perceiving Japan in the WestJapan is cool. Japanese coolness has been studied for decades by scholars from all over the world, famously by Douglas McGray who argued that Japan is a "cultural superpower".

KW - Civilization, Modern -- Japanese influences

KW - Japan -- Civilization

KW - Aesthetics, Japanese

UR - http://www.sussex-academic.com/sa/titles/SS_Asian/kimuraharris.htm

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781789760019

T3 - Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.

SP - 12

EP - 40

BT - Exporting Japanese Aesthetics

A2 - Kimura, Tets

A2 - Harris, Jennifer Anne

PB - Sussex Academic Press

CY - Eastbourne

ER -

Evolution of the Perceptions of Japanese Culture in the West: From Unknown, Mysterious, Exotic to Cool

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this