These resources were developed by the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Team in coordination with the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University to support teaching about Japanese popular culture and globalization in the classroom. Sources for material are focused on the Key Issues for Asian Studies series by the Association for Asian Studies by William M. Tsutsui, Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization. Materials are designed for teachers to use in the classroom with minimal modification in the Take & Go Series: Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization.
Books & Articles
- McGray, D. (2002). Japan’s Gross National Cool. Foreign Policy, 130, 44–54.
- Nye, J. S. (1990). Soft Power. Foreign Policy, 80, 153–171.
- Tsutsui, W. M. (2010). Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization. Association For Asian Studies.
- What Is Soft Power? (2023, May 16). World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations.
- Kelts, Roland. Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. St. Martin’s Press; 2006.
- Iwabuchi, Koichi. Recentering Globalization: Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism. Duke University Press: 2002.
- Craig, Timothy. Japan Pop! Routledge Publishing: 2000.
- deWaal, Edmund. The Hare with the Amber Eyes.
- Teaching Cultural, Historical, and Religious Landscapes with the Anime Demon Slayer
- Viewing Japan on American TV (link) (pdf format)
- The Anime Companion What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation (link) (pdf format)
- Top Ten Things to Know About Japan in the Early Twenty-First Century (link) (pdf format)
- International Netsuke Society - Home
- Music Trends
- Disney Localization
- Japanese Movies Remade by America
- The Differences Between Comics, Manga, Manhua, and Manwha
- Iron Chef - Meet the Iron Chefs Article from Cooking Channel, 2010
- Netsuke: From Fashion Fobs to Coveted Collectibles | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- The evolution of ukiyo-e and woodblock prints (article) | Khan Academy
- Nihonga Movement Overview | TheArtStory
- Astro Boy
Videos
- New Godzilla Film, 2014
- Godzilla Minus One
- Anime Image Localization
- Experience Japanese Culture The Making of Woodblock Prints, Tokyo National Museum
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
Museums
- Tokyo National Museum
- Giga | Honolulu Museum of Art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- British Museum
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
Source: Tsutsui, William M. (2010). Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization (Ser. Key Issues in Asian Studies). Association for Asian Studies.
This project was funded in part by the Freeman Foundation through the University of Pittsburgh national coordinating site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University. The content of this resource guide does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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