Tokyo to LA story: how Southern California became the gateway for a Japanese global pop art phenomenon

Adrian Favell (1)

1 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)

An analysis of the demographic and geographic conditions that have enabled Los Angeles (LA) to become a gateway for imports of Japanese contemporary cultures in the West, illustrated with the case of Japanese contemporary art, and the international success stories of Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara (...).

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Adrian Favell. Tokyo to LA story: how Southern California became the gateway for a Japanese global pop art phenomenon. Kontur, 2010, 20, pp.54-68. ⟨hal-01024151⟩