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Japanese Robot Culture - Performance, Imagination, and Modernity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Japanese Robot Culture - Performance, Imagination, and Modernity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Japanese Robot Culture examines social robots in Japan, those in
public, domestic, and artistic contexts. Unlike other studies, this
book sees the robot in relation to Japanese popular culture, and
argues that the Japanese 'affinity' for robots is the outcome of a
complex loop of representation and social expectation in the
context of Japan's continuing struggle with modernity. Considering
Japanese robot culture from the critical perspectives afforded by
theatre and performance studies, this book is concerned with
representations of robots and their inclusion in social and
cultural contexts, which science and engineering studies do not
address. The robot as a performing object generates meaning in
staged events and situations that make sense for its Japanese
observers and participants. This book examines how specific modes
of encounter with robots in carefully constructed mises en scene
can trigger reflexive, culturally specific, and often
ideologically-inflected responses.
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