Cultural Difference, Media Memory (Media Studies) [Paperback]

Daniel Ben-Ami (Author), Phil Hammond (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0304701114 | ISBN-13: 978-0304701117 | Publication Date: June 1997

This study is a product of a media project undertaken by the London International Research Exchange. Contributors include academics, researchers and working journalists. The volume seeks to shed new light on the West's long and uneasy relationship with Japan, tracing its evolution from the 19th century to 1995 - the 50th anniversary of the Pacific War. The authors question received notions of cultural difference in the discourses of politics, anthropology, and journalism. The book should be of interest to those in the fields of media and cultural studies, anthropology and Japanese studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Cassell (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304701114
• ISBN-13: 978-0304701117
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,768,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Derivative, banal, badly-written, April 12, 1999

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This review is from: Cultural Difference, Media Memory (Media Studies) (Paperback)

And frequently wrong about basic matters: the commander of the squadron that opened Japan was not William Perry, the Liaotung Peninsula was never in Korea, etc. Hasn't Cassell heard of sending out work to readers who know something about the subject? Save your money unless you're interested in a flatfooted target for easy pot-shots at criticism that tries to be post-colonial and post-modernist but is really just ignorant.