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Author Mettler, Meghan Warner, author.

Title How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965 / Meghan Warner Mettler
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in Pacific worlds
Studies in Pacific worlds.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 18, 2018)
Subject Popular culture -- Japan.
Popular culture -- United States -- Japanese influences
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Civilization
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Popular culture -- Japanese influences
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SUBJECT United States -- Japanese influences
Japan -- Civilization -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069378
Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
Subject Japan
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017041405
ISBN 9781496206862
149620686X
9781496206886
1496206886