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Television and the ama: The continuing search for a real Japan in NHK’s morning drama Amachan

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  • Martinez, Dolores P.

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This article analyses NHK’s 2013 hit morning drama (asadora) Amachan, exploring the subject of surviving through adversity as not just a common thread that it shares with almost all the asadora produced since 1961 but also as a theme analogous to the story of post-war Japan. Intimacy and connectivity, as well, are seen as key to understanding this series about a young girl learning to be a diver (ama). I argue that these strands are interwoven to depict a post-bubble and post-3/11 Japan in which a positive attitude and a willingness to learn from rural, traditional, values are seen as leading to happiness and success.

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  • Martinez, Dolores P., 2019. "Television and the ama: The continuing search for a real Japan in NHK’s morning drama Amachan," SocArXiv sd9jk, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:sd9jk
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/sd9jk
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