The Making and Marking of The 'Japanese' and the 'Western' in Japanese Contemporary Material Culture

Bibliographic Data

ID2390793
AuthorsOfra Goldstein-Gidoni (0000-0001-8483-9732, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume6
Issue1
Pages67-90
Publication date2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135918350100600104
OpenAlexW2123629141
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited73

This article uses the analysis of sets of contemporary Japanese cultural materials in order to explore the dynamics of the significant process of making and marking of the 'Japanese' and the 'Western' in contemporary Japanese culture. Through the observation of material culture - mainly food and clothing - in its public presentational arenas, it aims at reaching a better understanding of the processes in which the foreign and the local interact in this so-called era of globalization. Both the 'Western' and the 'Japanese' are illustrated as cultural constructs. The distinction between them is not based on objective classification. Their cultural making and marking is described on the background of the formation of the modern Japanese culture and cultural identity

Aesthetics · Art · Clothing · Cultural globalization · Cultural identity · Globalization · Japanese culture · Japanese studies · Literature · Order (exchange · Political science · Presentational and representational acting · Social science · Sociology · Western culture · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law

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