{"title":"5. From ‘Panda Diplomacy’ to Acrobat Diplomacy","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9789048536788-009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048536788-009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130845716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maximizing Affect, Minimizing Impact with Hansik","authors":"W. Peterson","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.13","url":null,"abstract":"With its theme of ‘Feeding the Planet: Energy for Life,’ the 2015 Milan\u0000 Exposition offered a unique opportunity for smaller Asian nations to\u0000 present their unique culinary heritage before a largely Italian audience.\u0000 Korea took the fair’s theme seriously, seeking to educate audiences about\u0000 the health benefits of hansik, its distinctive, often fermented, vegetableheavy\u0000 cuisine. The Korean pavilion brought fairgoers inside the experience\u0000 of how the cuisine works, virtually on a cellular level, in a highly\u0000 aestheticized environment resembling an art installation. While hansik\u0000 probably won few Italian converts, the youthful energy and exuberance\u0000 reflected in the pavilion and its guides that exploded onto the streets of\u0000 Milan during Korea week in June 2015 reflected its positive international\u0000 cultural branding.","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115230771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Master of the Form","authors":"W. Peterson","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.7","url":null,"abstract":"By the early 20th century, Japan was the master of the international\u0000 exhibition format. With over fifty years of experience at world’s fairs in\u0000 the West, Japan knew how to market its culture and products in a manner\u0000 appealing to the Western consumer of both high art and decorative\u0000 objects. The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition provided the\u0000 country with a unique opportunity to create a strong and lasting imprint\u0000 on American bodies in the country pavilion site with its famed gardens\u0000 and exotic, kimono-clad women. As the epicenter of Asian migration,\u0000 San Francisco also offered unique opportunities to further the power of\u0000 Japonisme in the arts, while politicians in both countries used the event\u0000 to champion Japanese-American relations.","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125316173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performing Japan in the ‘World of Tomorrow’","authors":"W. Peterson","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15vwkbv.9","url":null,"abstract":"As Asia and Europe raced toward another catastrophic world war, the\u0000 Japanese government engaged Nippon Kōbō, its de-facto state propaganda\u0000 machine, to reinforce America’s love affair with all things Japanese at the\u0000 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair. The temple-like national pavilion set\u0000 amidst an extensive garden celebrated the strong diplomatic and trade\u0000 relationship between the two countries, while highlighting the ‘softer’\u0000 and more feminine side of Japan through displays featuring attractive,\u0000 kimono-clad women engaged in silk production, ikebana floral arranging,\u0000 and the ubiquitous ‘tea ceremony.’ The reception given to the genderbending\u0000 performing arts company, Takarazuka in May, 1939, suggests\u0000 Americans were unwilling to change their perception of Japan as the\u0000 land of cherry blossoms and willowy maidens.","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130156561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"9. Hard and Soft Power in the Thai Pavilion","authors":"W. Peterson","doi":"10.1515/9789048536788-013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048536788-013","url":null,"abstract":"With the much-loved King Bhumibol Adulyadej (r.1946-2016) on his virtual\u0000 deathbed while the 2015 Milan International Exposition was being planned\u0000 and became operational, it is hardly surprising that the pavilion’s content\u0000 reflected the nation’s anxieties more acutely than it engaged with the fair’s\u0000 food-oriented theme. While the exterior of the national pavilion expressed\u0000 an organic, earthy quality that departed for the usual iconic Thai temple\u0000 architecture, the interior offered up a series of three discrete sites in\u0000 which fairgoers were bombarded with visual stimuli that conflated the\u0000 country’s abundant natural resources with corporatized food production,\u0000 ultimately wrapping it up in a paean to the King for his role in virtually\u0000 single-handedly creating a more efficient agricultural sector.","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122705117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conclusion: The Future of Asian Self-Representation at the International Exposition","authors":"","doi":"10.1017/9789048536788.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048536788.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":182472,"journal":{"name":"Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127082612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}