“Nihon, mon amour”: Japan’s Paris and the Crossroads of History

is associate professor of Media Studies, Aesthetics of Popular Culture(s)/Subculture(s) and Cultural Anthropology at Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Hiroshima/Japan). She holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover/Germany. She teaches and researches on Japanese media (Takarazuka Revue, Ghibli Studio, Murakami Haruki), the history of knowledge (Japanese encyclopedias) and the dynamics of identity in late modernity. Her most recent publications include a number of research articles in academic journals as well as books on contemporary Japanese culture.
Currently, she is preparing two books within a research project funded by the (Japanese) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology “Takarazuka Revue’s Metamorphose from a local stage art towards a global medium”: The Archaeology of Desire: How Takarazuka Revue Has Impacted the World and Beautiful New World: The Poetics and Pragmatics of the Japanese Cultural Imperialism.