Essay - Annart History of Japanese POP Culture Very Often Society's Views...

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History of Japanese pop culture

Very often society's views of men and women and their roles in society are reflected ***** TV and the movies. Television can in fact be considered a medium against which people identify, develop and revise their perceptions of their role as a m*****n or ***** (Gossmann, 207), and the extent to which they ***** with gender *****s in society. In Japanese media, ***** roles have significantly changed over time, and this change has been f***** the most part accurately reflected with***** the media, most notably in ***** theatre ***** ***** television dramas. The ***** significant shift has been recognition of the need to portray more independent women who is interested in life outside ***** the home.

Identification and elaboration of gender roles is very evident in Japanese media, particularly television and the *****. Many Japanese women view television as a means to learn about ***** (*****, 207) not just for entertainment. ***** ***** have hailed the accomplishments ***** women ***** are ********** as independent and well educated within the media. Men and women in Japan are depicted ***** television in ways that reflect conditions, whether actual or idealized, ***** society (Gossman, 207). Television ***** the movies have the unique ability to depict social values in a m*****nner in which people can relate to ***** their e***** day life. The success of Japanese television and ***** is due in part to its ability to accurately ***** ***** time ***** reflect the roles ***** men and women have had ***** a new and realistic manner.

***** ***** 1990s, a series of television dramas in Japan called renzoku or serial dramas, *****ed the lives of married couples. The drama identified two types of groups, the fist in which the wife acted as housewife to a w*****king husband, and the second in which both the wife and ***** worked (Gossman, 213). Prior to this time many programs still depicted women in the home only, even though a majority of women were starting to work just as *****ir counterparts. As time p*****sed, more programs started depicting women and their lives and roles outside of the home, away from ********** husbands, which indicative of the changing gender roles women is held in ***** *****. The newer TV ***** began to more accurately reflect the chang*****g gender roles in society by depicting working wives and husb*****s. Husbands also became more family oriented in many ***** presentations, perhaps a reflection ***** the need of both parents ***** be nurtur*****g and caring.

***** TV dramas also showed women leaving their husbands *****cause they were searching ***** "lives of their own and to pursue careers" (*****, 213). Th***** also reflects women's changing role in society. Earlier programs depicted women leav*****g ***** husbands only in the instance of extramarital affairs (Gossman, 213). *****us, the media ***** the newly independent and ***** face of the Japanese woman *****.

Media coverage ***** celebrities such as the Imperial couple also reflected a changing view of a more modern