Anticipating the Asadora Effect: Kasagi Shizuko, NHK’s Boogie Woogie (2023) and the Fabrication of Japanese Popular Culture History
Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: In September 2023, Japan's NHK will release a new morning television drama (Asadora) based on the life of the pre-and post-war jazz singer and actress Kasagi Shizuko (1914-1985). This series has been an important vehicle for educating a general television audience on the lives of relatively unknown Taisho and Showa-era female pioneers for over six decades. The fictionalized story of Kasagi’s life is expected to attract an audience of over twenty million and in anticipation of its release, an effort is made to provide a detailed narrative and analysis of the woman known for cheering up Japanese society in the immediate post-war years through her jazz-influenced “boogie-woogie” songs.
Source: SocArXiv (OSF Preprints)
Authors: Michael Furmanovsky, Patrick Patterson
Institutions: Ryukoku University, Honolulu Community College
Language: English
Topic: Japanese History and Culture
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4312200211