E Taylor Atkins: 3 books
Blue Nippon
Authenticating Jazz in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2001
Japan’s jazz community—both musicians and audience—has been begrudgingly recognized in the United States for its talent, knowledge, and level of appreciation. Underpinning this tentative admiration, however, has been a tacit agreement that, for cultural reasons, Japanese jazz “can’t swing.”...
Primitive Selves
Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910–1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation,...
A History of Popular Culture in Japan
From the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
The phenomenon of 'Cool Japan' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using...