Open AccessCrossing Borders from France to Japan – and America
Author(s) -
Robert F. Barsky
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ameriquests
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1553-4316
DOI - 10.15695/amqst.v13i1.4356
Subject(s) - criminalization , dignity , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , modernism (music) , political science , space (punctuation) , law , sociology , history , business , archaeology , art history , linguistics , philosophy , finance
Historical cross-cultural contact, between Japan and the West, and, in return, between the West and Japan, is a richly-textured and remarkably modern story. In this issue, we expand our understanding of material exchanges, and consider the introduction of French modernism to a reluctant space, far from the shores of France, or the US. And to put this issue into the current context, we can also consider the effects of building new walls, new restrictions, and new barriers to exchanges of all sorts, while also contemplating the “sanctuary” that can be offered in order to maintain our obligations, and to promote dignity rather than criminalization.