The Influence of Globalization on Ecological Literacy in Japan

by John L. Esposito

Globalization, understood as an intensification of modernism, has over the past fifty years been a powerful force for cultural change. This study examines how one aspect of globalization, Hollywood films, influences Japanese thinking as regards to human-nature relationships. A critical discourse analysis of the most popular cinematic texts in Japan during a five-year period (1997_2001) uncovers the latent ideologies and messages linked to a modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761835393
• ISBN13: 9780761835394
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"