57: Has Japan's pop culture conquered the world? w/ Matt Alt
Deep Dive from The Japan Times
English - July 15, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsNews Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
That's the theory put forward by our guest on Deep Dive this week, Matt Alt, the author of the recently published book, "Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World."
Taking its title from a quote by Oscar Wilde, "Pure Invention" is a cultural history of postwar Japan, told through the lens of the country's superstar inventions and how they spread across the globe. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.
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