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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-10041580597X
ISBN-139780415805971
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038311940
Product Key Features
Number of Pages372 Pages
Publication NameNation of a Hundred Million Idiots : a Social History of Japanese Television, 1953-1973
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Media Studies, Television / History & Criticism, Asia / Japan, Social History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science, History
AuthorJayson Makoto Chun
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.450952
Table Of ContentPart 1: Introduction to Japanese Television Culture Introduction Part 2: The History of Japanese Television Culture 1. Prewar Roots of Japanese Television Culture: Imperial Culture, Media Culture, and Radio 2. Postwar Media Culture and Japanese Encounters with TV 3. Pro Wrestling and Body Slams: Early TV as a Mass Event 4. Transforming the Nation: TV Takes Root in Japan (1957-1963) Part 3: Japanese Interactions with Television 5. Television Spreads to the Countryside 6. Intellectuals Debate TV: Oya's "Hundred Million Idiots" and Kato's "Television Culture" 7. Protecting the Children and Cleaning Up TV 8. Politics as Spectacle: Parades, Pageantry and Protests 9. Anpo Redux: University Riots and a Hostage Crisis 10. America in Japanese Television: Family Dramas and Cowboys 11. After the American Boom: Japanese TV Gains its Independence Part 4: The Meaning of the Japanese Television Nation Epilogue: Fractured Television Nation
SynopsisIn a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn., This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn. In a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. During the early years of television, Japanese of all backgrounds, from politicians to mothers, debated the effects on society. The public discourse surrounding the growth of television revealed its role in forming the identity of postwar Japan during the era of high-speed growth (1955-1973) that saw Japan transformed into an economic power and one of the world's top exporters of television programming.
