TY - JOUR TI - Japanese jazz DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3X63R4K PY - 2018 AB - An examination of the transculturation of Jazz and its manifestation in nationalistic expression in Japan, this paper argues that rather than being a mere copy of an American art form, Jazz exists in Japan with its own set of tropes, symbols and meanings within film, literature, and popular culture. It examines the absorption of Jazz into Japanese mass culture from the Taishō “Jazz Age” of the 1920s until the Post-Occupation era, and reflects on the continued impact of Jazz on present-day Japan. KW - Liberal Studies KW - Jazz--Japan LA - eng ER -