Therapy for Depression
Social Meaning of Japanese Melodrama in the Heisei Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133183 |
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| Authors | Kinnia Yau Shuk-Ting (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012015823 |
| OpenAlex | W4410183479 |
| Language | EN |
This paper examines the social meanings embedded in Japanese melodramas produced since the 1990s and their use by the public for comfort and healing in an attempt to deal with declining confidence, both personal and national, in the wake of the burst of the bubble economy. It notes, further, how the Japanese media has used similar tropes in an effort to rebuild morale in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake
Aesthetics · Art · Economics · Great Depression · Keynesian economics · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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