Spectacles of authenticity : the emergence of transnational entertainments in Japan and America, 1880-1905
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, America and Japan were in the process of establishing their positions as powers in a world dominated by Western Europe. The two nations with unconnected histories and cultures found themselves in momentary sympathy as they embarked on their first forays into military imperialism, expanded their trade, and constructed civic institutions intended to compete with those of Europe. It was during this period that mass entertainments developed and began circulating across national borders and, drawing on tourist practices, helped create a "universal" visual culture which coexisted with local particularities. This dissertation undertakes a study of Japanese and American shared visual culture and modern entertainments with the goal of nuancing current scholarship on East/West exchanges and expanding the definition of modernity. Three modern phenomena, panoramas, World's Fairs, and film, form the core of my three main chapters and describe a process of appropriation, assimilation, and collaboration through their movements from Europe, across America to Japan, and ending with a return to America. Many scholars have observed that Americans viewed Japan as a confusing cultural other with a baffling skill at appearing modern. This dissertation begins with the premise that Japan was modern and re-examines American and Japanese cultural exchanges from this position with the aim of shifting the paradigms of modernity and modern visuality.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Tsen, Hsuan |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History |
| Primary advisor | Bukatman, Scott, 1957- |
| Thesis advisor | Bukatman, Scott, 1957- |
| Thesis advisor | Corn, Wanda M |
| Thesis advisor | Reichert, Jim (James Robert) |
| Thesis advisor | Wolf, Bryan Jay |
| Advisor | Corn, Wanda M |
| Advisor | Reichert, Jim (James Robert) |
| Advisor | Wolf, Bryan Jay |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Hsuan Tsen. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Art and Art History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2011. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2011 by Hsuan Tsen
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-ND).
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