Anti-Japanese propaganda in the U.S. 1854-1946

Košutić, Maja (author), Culiberg, Luka (mentor)

This 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.

• Language: English
• Keywords: propaganda, Japan, U.S., literature, films, music
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2019
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-110282
• Publication date in RUL: 13.09.2019

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Protijaponska propaganda v ZDA 1854-1946

Abstract

V diplomskem delu poskušam razjasniti načine, kako se je ameriška propaganda proti japonskemu narodu širila in spreminjala skozi desetletja, od leta 1854, ko pride do prvega stika med Japonsko in ZDA, do leta 1946, ko se zapre zadnje japonsko-ameriško koncentracijsko taborišče. Najprej bom razjasnila pojem propagande, nato pa predstavila zgodovinski okvir prvih azijskih priseljencev v ZDA in sicer kitajskih imigrantov. Zatem bom prestavila na kratko zgodovino priseljevanja Japoncev v ZDA (japonskih imigrantov). V naslednjem poglavju bom pojasnila propagando, ki se je pojavila kot odziv na azijske priseljence. V diplomskem delu poskušam opisati tri glavne načine, s katerimi se je anti-japonska propaganda širila - skozi literaturo, filme in glasbo. V zaključku bom predstavila pogled na spreminjanje propagande skozi desetletja, vključno z možnimi razlogi, zakaj se je spremenila v taki smeri, kot se je.

• Keywords: propaganda, Japonska, ZDA, filmi, knjige, glasba