Barbarians, fierce and festive
Throughout history, Japanese have met aliens in reality and fantasy, and have tried to incorporate them in their world view. Historian Ronald P. Toby tells how Japanese have expressed their understanding of the foreigner as exemplified by Koreans, Okinawans, Chinese, and Americans both black and wh...
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| Online Access: | Streaming video from Academic Video Online. |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | [Urbana, Ill.] : Media Production Group ; Watertown, MA : [Distributed by] Documentary Educational Resources, 1999, c1993. |
| Series: | Asia video report
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| Summary: | Throughout history, Japanese have met aliens in reality and fantasy, and have tried to incorporate them in their world view. Historian Ronald P. Toby tells how Japanese have expressed their understanding of the foreigner as exemplified by Koreans, Okinawans, Chinese, and Americans both black and white. Location footage is blended with other visual images mostly from 18th and 19th century scrolls, showing aliens as enacted in festivals of the era. |
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| Item Description: | "Produced in association with the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan." Authors from container. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video (11 min.). |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |