Japanophilia: Becoming the Other
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Japanophilia: Becoming the Other
Original language description
Even before the dissolution of Shogunate and the Meiji Reforms around 1868, which opened Japan to the world, Japan has been of considerable cultural influence on the English-speaking world. This remote country in East Asia has for a long time been a foil to Western view of the world in the 19th century, with its isolated culture that willingly refused "superior" western culture and religion and was perceived as developing in a unique condition of complete isolation. With its opening Japan aimed to embrace modernity and distance itself from its tradition, but its efforts attracted various artists, such as van Gogh and Monet, that admired the traditional Japanese art and incorporated it into their works. At the same time, foreign scholars invited by the government to industrialise Japan and teach the young elite, started to see Japanese art and culture as superior to the European. They not only regarded Japan as their new homeland but also strived to become Japanese themselves. Today Japanese culture is again gaining popularity, this time the interest being centred around animation and popular culture. This current wave of Japanophilia shares many similarities with the 19th century one. Current fans of all Japanese also frequently strive to attain Japanese identity and also interact with the fantasy of "eastern Other" in complex ways. This paper will discuss comparison of these waves and how this relates to historical and cultural issues surrounding the relationship between the Anglophone and Japanese cultures.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60205 - Literary theory
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Theory and Practice in English Studies
ISSN
1805-0859
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Volume of the periodical
2019
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
107-117
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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