(Don't know if this will help much, but have some of my rambling anyway? XD)
Recently, my Dad bought this really long movie (cut into five DVD's) called Shogun, which was loosely based on the novel by James Clavell; I'm currently looking for the book itself now
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Oh wow dearest, you do seem to know alot and you did interpret this right. I am looking at how history is used in popular media and how popular culture educates us (and therefore is an important tool for even politics).
I especially like how you brought up the Japanese ability to keep calm in times of great destruction. It seems to be a running trend in many Japanese pop culture that destruction is necessary for something better, something new. Conventional Japanese values are also well included in these media though Sekigahara is an interesting example (I vaguely remember it as feudal Japan before Meiji which became 'now').
I had my bath and I'm still not awake, but I thought I'd ask you this: Have you seen the Men's Health issue with half-naked Siwon? I swear to you I died many times over when I saw pictures from it. I am now going to try to find other ways to wake up.
At the lookalike -- O_______O they kind of do. But what happened to Kibum again? I swear, they kind of like just randomly let him to run outside his little cage or something.
And I would help you with your paper, if there weren't better people out there. I'm pretty positive that khursten and the rest are going to bite... I'd rather spare you the fail. orz
Off the top of my head, though, I would like to point out how there seems to be a direct relationship between the idea of hierarchy/respect/people-to-people relationships and the language + literature. It seems deeply ingrained within them, this idea that everyone and everything has a place, and that one must acknowledge one's superiors no matter what.
It's deeply ingrained in their language... I mean, look at how it's compartmentalized into how one must speak according to one's gender and one's "social rank", and even with regard to who one is speaking to. Then, on the literary end of things, there are the divisions according to audience - it's not nearly as fluid as the categories we get in other countries.
I also remember reading somewhere how the body of Japanese literature is pretty much an invention of the upper class, and that Japan's culture and philosophy IS literature, at the end of the day. Not sure about the source on that one, but I do remember it being in a set of readings that I borrowed from Khursten.
I think popular culture does this really well? As in, bring in the hierarchy of relationships in their media? It's an interesting angle that I never really thought about so even if this is a wall of text, it's one hell of a useful wall of text Pam ;D And I'm not sure if Japanese literature is made up by the elite but from what I've read so far, it's largely accurate because their official language is really 'official' language (governing elites in the capital decree-ed it as such). This also means I should talk to Otousan soon ;D
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Recently, my Dad bought this really long movie (cut into five DVD's) called Shogun, which was loosely based on the novel by James Clavell; I'm currently looking for the book itself now ( ... )
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I especially like how you brought up the Japanese ability to keep calm in times of great destruction. It seems to be a running trend in many Japanese pop culture that destruction is necessary for something better, something new. Conventional Japanese values are also well included in these media though Sekigahara is an interesting example (I vaguely remember it as feudal Japan before Meiji which became 'now').
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I need to find more SuJu icons.
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BTW you should try WHY I LIKE YOU and RESET. I quite like these two!
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And I would help you with your paper, if there weren't better people out there. I'm pretty positive that khursten and the rest are going to bite... I'd rather spare you the fail. orz
Off the top of my head, though, I would like to point out how there seems to be a direct relationship between the idea of hierarchy/respect/people-to-people relationships and the language + literature. It seems deeply ingrained within them, this idea that everyone and everything has a place, and that one must acknowledge one's superiors no matter what.
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And yes I'll be bugging Otousan soon ;D Thanks anyway.
Though you do make a valid point about that relationship which is very central to Japanese traditional culture /is pinged.
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It's deeply ingrained in their language... I mean, look at how it's compartmentalized into how one must speak according to one's gender and one's "social rank", and even with regard to who one is speaking to. Then, on the literary end of things, there are the divisions according to audience - it's not nearly as fluid as the categories we get in other countries.
I also remember reading somewhere how the body of Japanese literature is pretty much an invention of the upper class, and that Japan's culture and philosophy IS literature, at the end of the day. Not sure about the source on that one, but I do remember it being in a set of readings that I borrowed from Khursten.
...Ah, fuck. Sorry for the wall of text. orz
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