EASC 150g. March 23: Foreigners vs. Japanese Baseball

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EASC 150g. March 23 Foreigners vs. Japanese
Baseball

• Sandwich Men Lost in Translation
• Culture Clash
• a. Significance of value systems
• b. Projection of stereotypes and other
  perceptions onto baseball diamond
• What has changed in Japan
• a. Avoiding essentialism
• b. Pacifism, the market, free expression
• The Foreigner Complex
• a. Myths and very complex realities

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Culture Clash
Expressions of cultural misunderstanding
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National values, baseball values
Japanese face, discipline, hierarchy, group
harmony American honor, freedom, informality,
individualism
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Changes in Japanese Society
Pacifism
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The Foreigner Complex in Japan Myths and
Realities Myth Every cultural expression shows
it. (NY Times) Realities Gaijin vs.
Gaikokujin
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Manifestations of Japanese Ambivalence to the
West in Modern Era
Time, April 2001 How the World Sees Japan
Louis Vuitton store, Tokyo, the largest in the
world.
Mori Arinori