Japanese Influence on American Children's Television Transforming Sa
Japanese Influence on American Children’s Television examines the gradual, yet dramatic, transformation of Saturday morning children’s programming from being rooted in American traditions and popular culture to reflecting Japanese popular culture.&nb
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Japanese Influence on American Children’s Television
Gina O’Melia
Japanese Influence on American Children’s Television Transforming Saturday Morning
Dr. Gina O’Melia Division of Social Sciences Hudson County Community College Jersey City, NJ, USA
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To Frank and Catherine
Preface
Let me tell you a story. I had just received my Master’s degree in Global Affairs, and as I continued my graduate studies toward a Ph.D., I was also beginning my first fledgling steps in the world of academia. I was hired to teach world civilization to mostly Freshmen right out of high school and older students in their forties and fifties returning to school. I stood between both groups in age as a Generation Y/Older Millennial. In one class, we discussed Napoleon and one of the older students asked if he was really a “short maniac like in the cartoons.” I explained that his short stature and his less than favorable representation were due to propaganda against him and history being written by the victors. I thought nothing about the reference the student brought up. I had grown up watching Looney Tunes and other cartoons that made sport of Napoleon. I thought nothing of it until a younger student asked, “What cartoons is Napoleon in?” Later on in the semester, we spoke about Pearl Harbor and how the American propaganda that emerged was one part about protecting the purity of dem
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