Japan and Russia : three centuries of mutual images / edited by Yulia Mikhailova and M. William Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mikailova Steele Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Mikhaĭlova, I︠U︡. D. (I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Dmitrievna)

Steele, M. William.

Series:

Brill eBook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Civilization--Russian influences.

Japan.

Russia--Civilization.

Russia.

Japan--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone [England] : Global Oriental, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume recognizes the growing awareness of the importance of images in international relations, exploring the phenomenon over three centuries as it relates to Russia and Japan. The general perception of one country by another – the ‘stereotypical collective mentality’ – is an historic phenomenon that continues to be a fundamental component in international relations at all levels, but especially in the political and business arenas, and remains an ongoing challenge for future generations. Bringing together international scholars from various disciplines, this innovative study focuses especially on modes of seeing and on the enigma of visual experience. It draws on numerous visual representations from propaganda posters and cartoons to artworks and films and to more recent media, such as television, the internet, pop-culture icons, as well as direct visual encounters. The volume raises questions of how different cultures observe, understand and represent each other, how and why mutual representations have changed or remained unchanged during the long history of Japanese-Russian interactions, what mental frameworks exist on both sides of the encounter; and how visions of otherness influence the construction of national, cultural and social identities.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Y. Mikhailova and M. W. Steele

Introduction / M. William Steele and Yulia Mikhailova

1. Changing Japanese-Russian Images In The Edo Period / Michiko Ikuta

2. Japonisme In Russia In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries / Elena Diakonova

3. Japan’s ‘Fifteen Minutes Of Glory’: Managing World Opinion During The War With Russia, 1904–1905 / Rotem Kowner

4. Japan’s Place In Russian And Soviet National Identity: From Port Arthur To Khalkhin-Gol / Yulia Mikhailova

5. Memory And Identity: Japanese POWs In The Soviet Union / Sergei Kuznetsov and Yulia Mikhailova

6. Constructing The Screen Image Of An Ideal Partner / Irina Melnikova

7. Disintegration Of The Soviet Union As Seen In Japanese Political Cartoons / Inoue Kenji and Sergei Tolstoguzov

8. Images In Tinted Mirrors: Japanese-Russian Perceptions In Provincial Japan / Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva

9. Images At An Impasse: Anime And Manga In Contemporary Russia / Yulia Mikhailova and Evgenii Torchinov

10. Strategies Of Representation: Japanese Politicians On Russian Internet And Television / Leonid Smorgunov

Bibliography / Y. Mikhailova and M. W. Steele

Index / Y. Mikhailova and M. W. Steele.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-90650-6

9786611906504

90-04-21315-5

OCLC:

753480429

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246427.i-274 DOI