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A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots: A Social History of Japanese Television, 1953 - 1973 book cover

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A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots A Social History of Japanese Television, 1953 - 1973

By Jayson Makoto Chun Copyright 2007
372 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn. In a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. During the early years of television, Japanese of all backgrounds, from politicians to mothers,... Read more

Part 1: Introduction to Japanese Television Culture  Introduction  Part 2: The History of Japanese Television Culture  1. Prewar Roots of Japanese Television Culture: Imperial Culture, Media Culture, and Radio  2. Postwar Media Culture and Japanese Encounters with TV  3. Pro Wrestling and Body Slams: Early TV as a Mass Event  4. Transforming the Nation: TV Takes Root in Japan (1957-1963)  Part 3: Japanese Interactions with Television  5. Television Spreads to the Countryside  6. Intellectuals Debate TV: Oya's "Hundred Million Idiots" and Kato's "Television Culture"  7. Protecting the Children and Cleaning Up TV  8. Politics as Spectacle: Parades, Pageantry and Protests  9. Anpo Redux: University Riots and a Hostage Crisis  10. America in Japanese Television: Family Dramas and Cowboys  11. After the American Boom: Japanese TV Gains its Independence  Part 4: The Meaning of the Japanese Television Nation  Epilogue: Fractured Television Nation 

Biography

Jayson Makoto Chun, raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an assistant professor of history at the University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu.

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