Anti-Japanese propaganda in the U.S. 1854-1946Košutić, Maja (Avtor) Culiberg, Luka (Mentor) propagandaJapanU.S.literaturefilmsmusicThis undergraduate thesis aims to break down the ways through which propaganda against the Japanese people spread and changed through the decades, from 1854 – the year of first contact between Japan and the U.S. – to 1946 – the closure of the last Japanese-American internment camp. After explaining the definition of propaganda in the context of this thesis, the reader will be presented with the historical summary of the first Asian immigrants to the U.S. – the Chinese immigrants. This is followed by a historical summary of the immigration of Japanese people to the U.S. The following chapter then explains the propaganda that appeared as a response to the immigrants and the thesis then attempts to describe the three main ways through which the anti-Japanese propaganda spread – literature, films and music. In conclusion, a perspective on the change of propaganda through the decades is offered along with the possible reasons as to why it changed the way it had.20192019-09-13 07:46:40Diplomsko delo/naloga110282VisID: 440822sl