Japan in Australia: Culture, Context and Connection (Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series)

Synopsis

Japan in Australia is a work of cultural history that focuses on context and connection between two nations. It examines how Japan has been imagined, represented and experienced in the Australian context through a variety of settings, historical periods and circumstances. Beginning with the first recorded contacts between Australians and Japanese in the nineteenth century, the chapters focus on ‘people-to people’ narratives and the myriad multi-dimensional ways in which the two countries are interconnected: from sporting diplomacy to woodblock printing, from artistic metaphors to iconic pop imagery, from the tragedy of war to engagement in peace movements, from technology transfer to community arts. Tracing the trajectory of this 150-year relationship provides an example of how history can turn from fear, enmity and misunderstanding through war, foreign encroachment and the legacy of conflict, to close and intimate connections that result in cultural enrichment and diversification. This book explores notions of Australia and ‘Australianness’ and Japan and ‘Japaneseness’, to better reflect on the cultural fusion that is contemporary Australia and build the narrative of the Japan–Australia relationship. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian, Japanese and Japanese-Pacific studies.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

248 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780429589874

Related ISBNs:

9780367184698, 9780429196485, 9781032083636

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/10/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, David Chapman and Carol Hayes

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Carol Hayes

Edited by:

David Chapman