208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies and semiotics, the book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in... Read more
1. Speak Japan, Japanspeak 2. Wine, Language and Song 3. Modern Romantic my Plan Travel 4. Keywords and the Japanese Spirit 5.Negotiating Aesthetics 6. Californian Car-lore 7. The Poetics of Advertising 8. The Media Mosaic 9. The Sounds of Cultural Discourse 10.The Good, the Bad and the Noodle Western 11. Jidaigeki, Yakuza and ‘Eroduction’ Films. Conclusion: Japanese Orientalism. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.
Biography
Brian Moeran
