Exhibiting a new Japan
The Tokyo Olympics of 1964 and Expo '70 in Osaka
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandra Wilson (0000-0002-6431-2359, Murdoch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 227 |
| Pages | 159-178 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00568.x |
| OpenAlex | W1573313586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Using official materials and media commentary, this article examines two large-scale spectacles and their implications for post-war Japanese nationalism. Discursively, the Olympics and the World Exposition presented a clear vision of Japan: as a nation at the forefront of the international scene, fit to act as a champion of the non-Western world and firmly unified internally. In concrete ways, the two events strengthened the process of national integration that was gathering pace in the nineteen-sixties, especially through the provision of new networks of transport and communications. They also helped to rehabilitate the post-war Japanese state, so that it could more readily be seen as a benign entity devoted to the national interest and the people's welfare. The article illuminates a key moment in the emergence of new national self-images and in the construction of national life in post-war Japan
Champion · Economic history · Economy · Exposition (narrative) · Geography · Media studies · Nationalism · Pace · Political science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science) · World War II · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |