Sökning: "Nihonjinron"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet Nihonjinron.

  1. 1. Not so Cool Japan? Exploring the perceptions of contemporary Japan among Euro-American exchange students

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Författare :Luke Farrelly-Spain; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Orientalism; Perceptions; Nihonjinron; Japan; Popular culture; Cultural engagement; Coolness; Othering; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the perceptions of Japan among Euro-American international students and investigates how these perceptions influence their motivation to study in the country. By exploring the relationship between popular culture, orientalist depictions, and cultural engagement, this study aims understand the complex dynamics which shape these students' attraction to Japan and their understanding of its culture. LÄS MER

  3. 2. A symbol becomes the culture: Reinventing Japanese cherry blossoms

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Författare :Hanyan Ye; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Nihonjinron; commodification; aestheticization; reinvention of traditions; nyoze; national symbols; cherry blossoms; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : A major concern of this thesis was the changing meanings of cherry blossoms in Japanese history, and the images of Japan created through the flower. With a peculiar emphasis on today’s international context, when cherry blossoms have become a unique culture of Japan, this research inquired into the process of symbol-making. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Japanese nationalism - A foreign view

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Niclas Hansemark; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Japan; nationalism; culture; banal nationalism; semiology; diplomat; foreign relations; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this paper was to increase understanding of how foreign professionals within the diplomatic sector, working with foreign relations to Japan, feel, perceive and relate to Japanese nationalism. The concept of banal nationalism and semiology was used as a theoretical base for the study, as well as theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness (Nihonjinron). LÄS MER