Foreign Otherness in Japanese Media

Exploring the Japanese Self Through Images of Latin America

Autor: Forero Montoya, Betsy
Editor: Universidad de los Andes
ISBN: 9789587980554
eISBN Pdf: 9789587980561
Lloc de publicació: Bogotá , Colombia
Any de publicació: 2021
Pàgines: 244

Descripció

Betsy Forero-Montoya is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Humanities at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). She received a PhD in Japa-nese Studies from Tsukuba University and a Master's of Arts from Sophia University. She has been teach-ing and conducting research on Japan for almost two decades. She has authored articles and book chap-ters on media portrayal of gender and ethnicity, and on popular culture.

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Graphic Resources
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 | The Foundations Based on which to Understand the Representation of Latin America in Japan
2 | Theory for a Japanese Social System
3 | Reading about Latin America: When That Joyful Soccer Player is Transformed
4 | Cultivated Constructions of Latin America: The See-saw of Appraisal and Caution
5 | Media Construction of Latin Americanness in Japan
Final Considerations on the Present Research
References
Appendix