Staging Japan
The Takarazuka Revue and Cultural Nationalism in the 1950s–60s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12349254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sang Mi Park (Yokohama National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-374 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357823.2015.1053430 |
| OpenAlex | W1872133298 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
In the 1950s and 1960s, the modern Japanese state employed overseas cultural promotion as a way to maximise its interests and image not only in international contexts but also at home. By juxtaposing the Takarazuka Revue’s performances in the United States and Japan during the postwar period, this paper argues that the overseas promotion of this Japanese theatre troupe both depended upon and reinforced the Japanese populace’s nationalistic pride in its culture. The paper also addresses the ways in which the Japanese government used Takarazuka’s theatrical presentations as a means of pursuing its domestic and diplomatic agendas: improving Japan’s international position by proposing shared aspects of popular culture with the US and increasing its sense of nationalism by propagating cultural pride. In doing so, the paper explicates the ways in which Japanese popular cultural considerations interfaced with political concerns in the shaping of postwar Japan’s national identity
Cultural nationalism · Government (linguistics · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pride · Promotion (chess · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |