Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today

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Autor(a) principal: Wu, Yuqing
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.4117
Resumo: In China, despite the traumatic collective memory relating to militaristic Japan during World War II, an increasing number of Chinese young adults have developed an obsession with Japanese culture, due to its export of anime, movies, pop music, and other popular culture. Based on interviews with 40 Chinese and Japanese young adults, this work examines how contemporary pop culture and historical war memories related to Japan influenced Chinese young adults, who had to reconcile their contradictory sentiments toward the Japanese government, people, and culture. The success of Japanese pop culture in China also shows how the allegedly apolitical, virtual sphere of entertainment has helped build Japan’s soft power through shaping a cool image of Japan in Asia and worldwide.
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spelling Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China TodayChina; East Asia; Japan; national image; pop culture; soft powerIn China, despite the traumatic collective memory relating to militaristic Japan during World War II, an increasing number of Chinese young adults have developed an obsession with Japanese culture, due to its export of anime, movies, pop music, and other popular culture. Based on interviews with 40 Chinese and Japanese young adults, this work examines how contemporary pop culture and historical war memories related to Japan influenced Chinese young adults, who had to reconcile their contradictory sentiments toward the Japanese government, people, and culture. The success of Japanese pop culture in China also shows how the allegedly apolitical, virtual sphere of entertainment has helped build Japan’s soft power through shaping a cool image of Japan in Asia and worldwide.Cogitatio2021-08-05info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.4117oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4117Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 3 (2021): Complexity, Hybridity, Liminality: Challenges of Researching Contemporary Promotional Cultures; 112-1222183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4117https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.4117https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4117/4117Copyright (c) 2021 Yuqing Wuhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWu, Yuqing2022-12-20T10:59:20Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4117Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:17.548651Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
spellingShingle Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
Wu, Yuqing
China; East Asia; Japan; national image; pop culture; soft power
title_short Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
title_full Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
title_fullStr Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
title_full_unstemmed Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
title_sort Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today
author Wu, Yuqing
author_facet Wu, Yuqing
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv China; East Asia; Japan; national image; pop culture; soft power
topic China; East Asia; Japan; national image; pop culture; soft power
description In China, despite the traumatic collective memory relating to militaristic Japan during World War II, an increasing number of Chinese young adults have developed an obsession with Japanese culture, due to its export of anime, movies, pop music, and other popular culture. Based on interviews with 40 Chinese and Japanese young adults, this work examines how contemporary pop culture and historical war memories related to Japan influenced Chinese young adults, who had to reconcile their contradictory sentiments toward the Japanese government, people, and culture. The success of Japanese pop culture in China also shows how the allegedly apolitical, virtual sphere of entertainment has helped build Japan’s soft power through shaping a cool image of Japan in Asia and worldwide.
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