A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots?: A Social History of Japanese Television, 1953 - 1973 Contributor(s): Chun, Jayson Makoto (Author) |
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ISBN: 041580597X ISBN-13: 9780415805971 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: 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. This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - History | Social History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
Dewey: 791.450 |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 372 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
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Publisher Description: 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. |