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Cool Japan – Case studies from Japan’s cultural and creative industries

Cool Japan – Case studies from Japan’s cultural and creative industries CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 1, 99–116 BOOK REVIEWS by Timothy J. Craig, Ashiya, BlueSky Publishing, 2017, v+270 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN 9784990982218, https://www.blueskyacademic.net/cool-japan-case-studies/ When asking someone in Europe or America – the so-called Western World, at least from a Japanese perspective – what comes to their minds when they think of Japan, it is very likely that you will hear statementssuchassamurai,zen,ikebana,gardens, geisha, Hello Kitty, manga or anime, etc. All of these are items of Japanese culture. Some are ‘older’ or perceived as more ‘traditional’ and some are newer. All of them are, at least to a certain extent, alive, tangible, visible and present. As such, they partially constitute the image and idea of Japan and its culture. Products of Japanese culture always found their way abroad, with Japonism being just one of the modern periods when the West would take interest in Japanese culture. Nowadays, all the things mentioned above are commonly understood as typically Japanese, and even though they may still be perceived as exotic, they are established items of Japanese culture also known in the West – and most of them for several decades now. It seems remarkable that it would take the Japanese government http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan Taylor & Francis

Cool Japan – Case studies from Japan’s cultural and creative industries

Saladin, Ronald
Contemporary Japan , Volume 31 (1): 4 – Jan 2, 2019
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Cool Japan – Case studies from Japan’s cultural and creative industries

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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 1, 99–116 BOOK REVIEWS by Timothy J. Craig, Ashiya, BlueSky Publishing, 2017, v+270 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN 9784990982218, https://www.blueskyacademic.net/cool-japan-case-studies/ When asking someone in Europe or America – the so-called Western World, at least from a Japanese perspective – what comes to their minds when they think of Japan, it is very likely that you will hear statementssuchassamurai,zen,ikebana,gardens, geisha,...
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© 2018 Ronald Saladin
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1869-2737
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10.1080/18692729.2018.1480861
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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 1, 99–116 BOOK REVIEWS by Timothy J. Craig, Ashiya, BlueSky Publishing, 2017, v+270 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN 9784990982218, https://www.blueskyacademic.net/cool-japan-case-studies/ When asking someone in Europe or America – the so-called Western World, at least from a Japanese perspective – what comes to their minds when they think of Japan, it is very likely that you will hear statementssuchassamurai,zen,ikebana,gardens, geisha, Hello Kitty, manga or anime, etc. All of these are items of Japanese culture. Some are ‘older’ or perceived as more ‘traditional’ and some are newer. All of them are, at least to a certain extent, alive, tangible, visible and present. As such, they partially constitute the image and idea of Japan and its culture. Products of Japanese culture always found their way abroad, with Japonism being just one of the modern periods when the West would take interest in Japanese culture. Nowadays, all the things mentioned above are commonly understood as typically Japanese, and even though they may still be perceived as exotic, they are established items of Japanese culture also known in the West – and most of them for several decades now. It seems remarkable that it would take the Japanese government

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  • Innovation, institutions and entrepreneurs: The case of ‘Cool Japan’
  • A brand new future? Cool Japan and the social imaginary of the branded nation