Honors tokyo 2017
A Guide to Getting Lost in Tokyo
Reflection on:
As Anderson argues, one of the most important reasons why print capitalism played such a large role in the ‘imagined community’ is due to simultaneity; that is, the community is formed when groups of people can imagine the other people with which they are involved due to the sharing of current events through the print. Hence, a “horizontal comradeship” is formed, creating the idea of commonality in the group of people mutually acknowledged as a “nation” (Anderson 50). Likewise, I argue that holidays/festivals also contribute to the feeling of community that defines a nation. Most notably in the American setting are holidays like Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, etc., where all Americans can celebrate a significant part of American history at the same time...
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