Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost

by Alisa Freedman

Japan on American TV explores political, economic, and cultural issues underlying depictions of Japan on U.S. television comedies and the programs they inspired. Since the 1950s, U.S. television programs have taken the role of "curators" of Japan, displaying and explaining selected aspects for viewers. Beliefs in U.S. hegemony over Japan underpin this curation process. Japan on American TV takes a historical perspective to understand the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952636213
• ISBN13: 9781952636219
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"