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Did the book Shogun redefine Japanese people for Western audiences?
(I hope this is the right place to ask this. This came up in another thread and I wanted to know.)
I've been reading the Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler, a film noir kind of detective series set in the 30s and 40s and written before WWII and I'm surprised by the descriptions of the Japanese, who are always seen as sneaky and sly and secretly hating the people around them. Books I've read written after WWII carry on that theme in describing Japanese people. I wonder if that changed with the book *Shogun*, which is the first piece of media I can think of with a Japanese theme that became a cultural touch stone in the States.
I grew in a world that loved Japanese people and I can't really think when, why, or how that transition from sly to respected took place.
If this isn't the best place for this question, can someone suggest a better place? Thanks.
#entertainment
(I hope this is the right place to ask this. This came up in another thread and I wanted to know.)
I've been reading the Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler, a film noir kind of detective series set in the 30s and 40s and written before WWII and I'm surprised by the descriptions of the Japanese, who are always seen as sneaky and sly and secretly hating the people around them. Books I've read written after WWII carry on that theme in describing Japanese people. I wonder if that changed with the book *Shogun*, which is the first piece of media I can think of with a Japanese theme that became a cultural touch stone in the States.
I grew in a world that loved Japanese people and I can't really think when, why, or how that transition from sly to respected took place.
If this isn't the best place for this question, can someone suggest a better place? Thanks.
#entertainment
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