Western Rock Artists, Madame Butterfly, and the Allure of Japan: Dancing an Eastern Dream in Bloomington, MN

Using the framework of Edward Said’s Orientalism, this work examines how Western rock and pop artists—particularly during the age of album rock from the 1970s through the 1990s—perpetuated long-held stereotypes of Japan in their direct encounters with the country and in songs and music videos with Japanese content.