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How to reach Japan by subway : America's fascination with Japanese culture, 1945-1965 / Meghan Warner Mettler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mettler, Meghan Warner, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Pacific worlds
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--Japanese influences.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--Japan.
- Japan.
- Shibui.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Japan--Civilization--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- America's fascination with Japanese culture, 1945-1965
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "A study of the shibui phenomenon, in which American middle-class consumers embraced Japanese culture as familiar, yet exotic, in the two decades following the end of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Humble leaders of the free world: historical context of the shibui aesthetic
- Samurai at the sure seaters : 1950s "highbrow" Japanese movies in the United States
- Friendship through flowers : Americans' appreciation of ikebana and bonsai
- How to be American with shibui things : Japanese aesthetics in the American home
- Satori in America : intellectuals and artists discover Zen Buddhism
- Zen goes "boom" : the popularity of Zen Buddhism, both beat and square
- Japan for the rest of us : non-shibui Japanese imports in the postwar era
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803299634
- 080329963X
- OCLC:
- 1009183692
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