The Reception of American Cinema in Japan
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
P ublished online October 2017 .
Article. Subjects: Literary Studies (American); Literary Studies - World; Media Studies. 10510 words.
Since the 1890s, Japanese movie-goers have engaged American cinema in a wide consumer marketplace shaped by intense media competition. Early fandom grew around educated urban audiences, who...
The Reception of American Science Fiction in Japan
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
P ublished online December 2016 .
Article. Subjects: Literary Studies - World; Media Studies; Literary Studies (20th Century onwards). 10787 words.
American science fiction has been a significant source of ideas and imagination for Japanese creators: they have been producing extensive works of not only written texts but also numerous...
