Embracing Differences —— Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States

----- 拥抱差异：日美之间的跨国文化交流

ISBN: 9783839426005 出版年：2014 页码：262 Laemmerhirt, Iris-Aya transcript-Verlag

The omnipresence and popularity of American consumer products in Japan have triggered an avalanche of writing shedding light on different aspects of this cross-cultural relationship. Cultural interactions are often accompanied by the term cultural imperialism, a concept that on close scrutiny turns out to be a hasty oversimplification given the contemporary cultural interaction between the U.S. and Japan. »Embracing Differences« shows that this assumption of a one-sided transfer is no longer valid. Closely investigating Disney theme parks, sushi, as well as movies, Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt reveals a dialogical exchange between these two nations that has changed the image of Japan in the United States.