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(social sciences) The study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature etc.

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imagology

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(social sciences) The study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature etc.

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文学やその他の表現において現れる文化的ステレオタイプを対象とした研究

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In the seminar, the students used imagology to analyze recurring national stereotypes in colonial-era travel writing.

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ゼミでは学生たちが文学に表れる文化的ステレオタイプの研究を用いて、植民地時代の旅行記に見られる繰り返し現れる国民像を考察した。

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(social sciences) The study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature etc.

Applied to American Studies, imagology—the term derives from Latin “imago”/image—asks not how Americans themselves see America, but how other cultures view the United States. In other words, what is the image of the United States as seen in literatures from outside the United States?

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