Yumiko Iida
Biographic Data
| ID | 6446922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yumiko Iida |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yumiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Iida |
| SIGNATURE | IIDA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rethinking Identity in Modern Japan
This volume is a major reconsideration of Japanese late modernity and national hegemony which examines the creative and academic works of a number of influential Japanese thinkers. The author situates the process of Japanese knowledge production in the interface between the immediate historical and the wider socio-economic and politico-cultural contexts accompanying the Japanese post-war experience of modernity.This book will be of great value to…
Overcome by Modernity
Beyond the ‘feminization of masculinity’
Contemporary Japanese society has seen the emergence of aesthetically conscious young men who employ 'feminine' aesthetics and strategies as ways of exploring and practising new masculine identities. In this paper, I explore the significance of this emerging trend of male beauty by observing and analysing the expressions, strategies and intentions of those young men who have taken to aesthetically representing themselves in these ways. This cultu…
Media Politics and Reified Nation
This paper analyzes the significance of the emergence of media-led populism in contemporary Japan as exemplified in the so-called Koizumi phenomenon, the primary efficacy of which lies in the successful articulation and circulation of images of the popular leader, rather than the actual implementation of policies. By locating this form of politics in the immediate context of global capitalism led by advanced media technology, the paper problemati…
Between the Technique of Living an Endless Routine and the Madness of Absolute Degree Zero
positions: east asia cultures critique - Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2000
Fleeing the West, Making Asia Home
China, Japan owes much of its cultural heritage to rich and respected tradition of China. In modern era, however, when superiority of Western civilization was powerfully demonstrated by its military might, Japan turned away from China and looked instead to West as a model for progress. Japan became first Asian nation to modernize, and one of a handful among non-Western nations to successfully escape colonial control of West. However, this turning…
Beyond the ‘feminization of masculinity’
Contemporary Japanese society has seen the emergence of aesthetically conscious young men who employ 'feminine' aesthetics and strategies as ways of exploring and practising new masculine identities. In this paper, I explore the significance of this emerging trend of male beauty by observing and analysing the expressions, strategies and intentions of those young men who have taken to aesthetically representing themselves in these ways. This cultu…
Between the Technique of Living an Endless Routine and the Madness of Absolute Degree Zero
positions: east asia cultures critique - Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2000
Fleeing the West, Making Asia Home
China, Japan owes much of its cultural heritage to rich and respected tradition of China. In modern era, however, when superiority of Western civilization was powerfully demonstrated by its military might, Japan turned away from China and looked instead to West as a model for progress. Japan became first Asian nation to modernize, and one of a handful among non-Western nations to successfully escape colonial control of West. However, this turning…
Fleeing the West, Making Asia Home
China, Japan owes much of its cultural heritage to rich and respected tradition of China. In modern era, however, when superiority of Western civilization was powerfully demonstrated by its military might, Japan turned away from China and looked instead to West as a model for progress. Japan became first Asian nation to modernize, and one of a handful among non-Western nations to successfully escape colonial control of West. However, this turning…
Between the Technique of Living an Endless Routine and the Madness of Absolute Degree Zero
positions: east asia cultures critique - Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2000
Media Politics and Reified Nation
This paper analyzes the significance of the emergence of media-led populism in contemporary Japan as exemplified in the so-called Koizumi phenomenon, the primary efficacy of which lies in the successful articulation and circulation of images of the popular leader, rather than the actual implementation of policies. By locating this form of politics in the immediate context of global capitalism led by advanced media technology, the paper problemati…
Overcome by Modernity
Beyond the ‘feminization of masculinity’
Contemporary Japanese society has seen the emergence of aesthetically conscious young men who employ 'feminine' aesthetics and strategies as ways of exploring and practising new masculine identities. In this paper, I explore the significance of this emerging trend of male beauty by observing and analysing the expressions, strategies and intentions of those young men who have taken to aesthetically representing themselves in these ways. This cultu…
Rethinking Identity in Modern Japan
This volume is a major reconsideration of Japanese late modernity and national hegemony which examines the creative and academic works of a number of influential Japanese thinkers. The author situates the process of Japanese knowledge production in the interface between the immediate historical and the wider socio-economic and politico-cultural contexts accompanying the Japanese post-war experience of modernity.This book will be of great value to…
Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)