Shunya Yoshimi (吉見 俊哉, Yoshimi Shun'ya, born April 22, 1957 in *an) is a *anese sociologist.

He is a professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo. He is one of the most influential cultural sociologists in *an and best known for helping introduce cultural studies to *an. His research topics include cultural studies, media studies and urban sociology.

Shunya Yoshimi has aut*d several books on subjects such as cultural theory, urban culture, international exposition, media culture, information technology, the emperor system, and the Americanization of modern *an and East Asia.

Yoshimi's works in *anese include Dramaturgy in the City: A Social History of Popular Entertainments in Modern Tokyo (Kobundo, 1987), The Politics of Exposition: Imperialism, Commercialism and Popular Entertainment (Chuokoronsha, 1992), Cultural Sociology in the Media Age (Shinyosha, 1994), Voice of Capitalism: The Social Construction of Telephone, Gramophone and Radio in *an (Kodansha, 1995), Expo Syndrome: Postwar Politics and Cultural Struggle in Postwar *an (Chi*a Shobo, 2005), and Pro-America, Anti-America: Political Unconsciousness in Postwar *an (Iwanami Shoten, 2007).

He was the dean of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo (2006-2008) and currently a vice president of the University of Tokyo.

Contents

• 1 Teaching Posts and Memberships
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Teaching Posts and Memberships

Yoshimi has been involved with universities and colleges the world over. He was a visiting fellow of El Colegio de México (1993), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Sociales (1998), University of Western Sydney (1999), and University of Queensland (2000). Yoshimi is also a member of numerous committees and boards. He is a member of the executive committee of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (Routledge), is part of the editorial board of Cultural Studies (Routledge), one of the *ociate editors of Theory, Culture & Society (Sage), and a member of the editorial advisory board of *anese Studies (Carfax Publishing).

See also

• Munesuke Mita
• Kang Sang-jung
• Akihiro Kitada

References

External links

• Professor YOSHIMI Shunya
• Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo