Alisa Freedman

Broschiertes Buch

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

Beschreibung

Japan on American TV explores political, economic, and cultural issues underlying depictions of Japan on U.S. television comedies and the programs they inspired. The book examines six main categories of television portrayals representing different genres and comedic forms.

Autor

ALISA FREEDMAN is a professor of Japanese literature, cultural studies, and gender at the University of Oregon. Her books include Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost (AAS Asia Shorts book series, 2021); Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road (2010); an annotated translation of Kawabata Yasunari¿s The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (2005); a coedited volume on Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan (2013); and an edited textbook on Introducing Japanese Popular Culture (first edition in 2017, second edition in 2023). She served as the editor in chief of the US¿Japan Women¿s Journal (2016¿2022) and has published more than thirty-five articles and chapters for peer-reviewed journals and books, around twenty-five literary translations and co-translations, several guides to academic publishing, and numerous articles for general-interest publications. She is the Faculty Fellow of a university residence hall and has received a national award for her mentorship work. Alisa enjoys presenting at public events like cultural festivals, anime cons, and reading groups.

Produktdetails

• Asia Shorts
• Verlag: Association for Asian Studies
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 226mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781952636219
• ISBN-10: 1952636213
• Artikelnr.: 60713887