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Globalization In Japan: Rakugo As A Gateway For Foreigners, Ariel Hampton
Globalization In Japan: Rakugo As A Gateway For Foreigners, Ariel Hampton
Modern Languages: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
日本の伝統芸能とグローバリゼーション:
外国人による落語文化の国際化
This presentation examines foreigners’ interest in Japanese Traditional Arts and explores how globalization has affected them, by specifically focusing on Rakugo, one of the performing art forms centered around storytelling with more than 300 years of history.
In Japan, there are many traditional performing arts, such as Kabuki and Noh that Japanese people hold dear to their hearts and give them pride as people. These arts are still popular among the masses till this day as they began to modernize to appeal to new audiences. For a long time, they have been performed exclusively by Japanese natives and …
Can Whaling In Japan Be Justified By Culture?, Lily Harris
Can Whaling In Japan Be Justified By Culture?, Lily Harris
Modern Languages: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
"Can Whaling in Japan be Justified by Culture?" divulges on the current, tension-driven debate between pro-whalers and anti-whalers. In the process, the paper uncovers the reasoning behind the hostility towards Japan's whaling practices and, in turn, posits a solution in which Japan should still be able to do so.