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Art History, Japanese Popular Culture and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
- Author(s):
- Martin de la Iglesia (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies
- Subject(s):
- Art, History, Japan, Area studies, Popular culture, Sports
- Item Type:
- Lecture
- Tag(s):
- Art history, Japanese studies, Sports history, Visual culture
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/tf0c-q391
- Abstract:
- Spectators of the 2020/21 Olympic Games were frequently confronted with references to Japanese popular culture, particularly at the opening and closing ceremonies. However, these references to anime, manga, video games and other visual media were often so subtle that they were easy to miss unless pointed out and explained by television commentators. Art historians should not shy away from engaging with such objects and images.
- Notes:
- speech given at the semester opening ceremony of the Institute for European Art History, Heidelberg University, Germany, October 22, 2021
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 1 year ago
- License:
- Attribution
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