Martyn David Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3939946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martyn David Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martyn David |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3782-1465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Japan, 1972
The ‘hedonistic revolution of everyday life’
This article examines the ambiguous relationship between masculinity and consumerism in Japan since the Taisho period. It charts the creation of Heibon Punch , the first post-war lifestyle magazine aimed explicitly at men. In contrast to the corporate ideological reaffirmation of, or passive submission to, political and economic ideology hegemonic salaryman masculinity would come to epitomize, in the magazine consumerism was presented as a means …
Asian Sound Cultures
Sound hunting in postwar Japan
Throughout the 1970s, the hobby of sound hunting boomed in Japan. A magazine and numerous guidebooks urged young people to get out and about recording the soundscape and hunting for “real sound”. The mobility inherent in the technological transformations of the previous decades fed into a media discourse which drew together theories and practices taken from the protests and sub-cultures of the 1960s that celebrated creativity, openness, and indiv…
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan addresses Japan’s evolving nationalism and national identity in relation to its newly rising consumerism during the two decades from 1952 to 1972, through a study of the transformation of the print media and the market for weekly and monthly magazines. Martyn Smith argues that the transformation of the print media in the 1950s and 1960s expanded the possibilities for social, individua…
A MAD age
In the 1960s, Heibon Punch became one of the most popular weekly magazines in Japan. It was the first weekly magazine aimed at young men and I examine here a selection of articles from the late 1960s, a period of violent student protests and international uncertainty, to argue that the importance of Heibon Punch can be found in the creation of a commodified urban, male subjectivity. In the pages of Heibon Punch, the counter-cultures that were eme…
Between Book and Reality
The ‘hedonistic revolution of everyday life’
This article examines the ambiguous relationship between masculinity and consumerism in Japan since the Taisho period. It charts the creation of Heibon Punch , the first post-war lifestyle magazine aimed explicitly at men. In contrast to the corporate ideological reaffirmation of, or passive submission to, political and economic ideology hegemonic salaryman masculinity would come to epitomize, in the magazine consumerism was presented as a means …
A MAD age
In the 1960s, Heibon Punch became one of the most popular weekly magazines in Japan. It was the first weekly magazine aimed at young men and I examine here a selection of articles from the late 1960s, a period of violent student protests and international uncertainty, to argue that the importance of Heibon Punch can be found in the creation of a commodified urban, male subjectivity. In the pages of Heibon Punch, the counter-cultures that were eme…
Between Book and Reality
A MAD age
In the 1960s, Heibon Punch became one of the most popular weekly magazines in Japan. It was the first weekly magazine aimed at young men and I examine here a selection of articles from the late 1960s, a period of violent student protests and international uncertainty, to argue that the importance of Heibon Punch can be found in the creation of a commodified urban, male subjectivity. In the pages of Heibon Punch, the counter-cultures that were eme…
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan
Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan addresses Japan’s evolving nationalism and national identity in relation to its newly rising consumerism during the two decades from 1952 to 1972, through a study of the transformation of the print media and the market for weekly and monthly magazines. Martyn Smith argues that the transformation of the print media in the 1950s and 1960s expanded the possibilities for social, individua…
Sound hunting in postwar Japan
Throughout the 1970s, the hobby of sound hunting boomed in Japan. A magazine and numerous guidebooks urged young people to get out and about recording the soundscape and hunting for “real sound”. The mobility inherent in the technological transformations of the previous decades fed into a media discourse which drew together theories and practices taken from the protests and sub-cultures of the 1960s that celebrated creativity, openness, and indiv…
The ‘hedonistic revolution of everyday life’
This article examines the ambiguous relationship between masculinity and consumerism in Japan since the Taisho period. It charts the creation of Heibon Punch , the first post-war lifestyle magazine aimed explicitly at men. In contrast to the corporate ideological reaffirmation of, or passive submission to, political and economic ideology hegemonic salaryman masculinity would come to epitomize, in the magazine consumerism was presented as a means …
Asian Sound Cultures
Japan, 1972
Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Consumerism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)