Post on 13-Dec-2015
Culture Clash – Black & Japanese Popular
Culture: Interactions, Intersections and
Impacts
Tracey Salisbury - Wabash CollegeEast/West Center Presentation – Summer 2013
The Projects• Research Paper(s)
• African American History Course
• Hip Hop Culture/Rap Music
• Art
• Anime/Manga/Comics/Animation
• Fashion
• Film/Television
• Media/Social Media
• Culture Themes/Ideas
• Language/Slang
The Work• History
• Culture
• Space/Place
• Identity/Identities Politics
• The Model Minority
• Collaboration/Competition
• Relationships
• Cultural Relationships
• Cultural Respect
• Cultural Understanding
• Cultural Commodification
• Cultural Education
• Cultural History
• Cultural Identity
• Cultural Misunderstandings
• Cultural Mimicry
Race/Gender/Identities
The Power & Influence of Mis-Identification in Culture
• The Black Monolith
• International/Global Stars
• Perception/Exposure
• Everyone’s Chinese/Japanese
• Racism/Prejudice/Discrimination
• Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan/John Woo
• Speed Racer/Kimba
• Gigantor/Giant Robo
• Johnny Sokko and Giant Robot
• Super Sentai/Power Rangers
• Akira
• Jin
Who Influences Who?
Kata/The Fifth Element: Knowledge
Pam Grier/Meiko Kaji
Kill Bill
Kill Bill
Harajuku Girls/B-Girls
Identities• Ganguro
• Yanmanba
• Manba
• “Center Guy” – Shibuya Station
• Blackface
• B-Style
Nicki Minaj
Samurai/Black Gangster Codes/Anti-Hero
Yakuza/Gangster Rapper
Blade/Nemuri Kyoshiro/Snipes/Raizo
Afro Samurai/Shaft
Manga/Comics
Jero/Kokujin Tensai aka Black Genius