Introducing Japanese Popular CultureAlisa Freedman Routledge, 2018. jan. 2. - 568 oldal Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as, politics, society, and economics. As a result, more than being a time capsule of influential trends, this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it. With contributions from an international team of scholars, representing a range of disciplines from history and anthropology to art history and media studies, the book’s sections include:
Written in an accessible style by a stellar line-up of international contributors, this textbook will be essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society, Asian media and popular culture, and Asian Studies in general. |
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Serious Approaches | |
Japans Surprisingly Cheeky Mascot | |
Tracking Japanese Cute Culture | |
Depictions of Justice in Tokusatsu | |
Romance of the Working Woman | |
The World Too Much with Us in Japanese Travel Television | |
Embodied Experience | |
Robots and Magical Girls in Anime Marketing | |
The Mediascape | |
GenderBending | |
The Ghost Is Not in the Shell | |
Murakami Harukis Transnational AvantPop Literature | |
The Rise and Fall of Japanese | |
The Cultural Significance of Fireworks in Japan | |
The Fantasy Space of the Urban Street Corner | |
PostApocalyptic | |
Managing Manga Studies in the Convergent Classroom | |
Expressive Energy in Female Self | |
Studio Ghibli Media Tourism | |
Virtual Idol Media Platform and Crowd | |
JapaneseAmerican Sojourners and | |
Idols and Affective Economics | |
Globalizing Underground Music | |
Understanding the Complex | |
Godzilla Cheese and | |
Yotsuya Ghost Story | |
Mystified Film Historians | |
In the Wake of Hiroshima Nagasaki | |
Reflective Identity in Transforming Urban Space | |
Promoting and Policing Otaku in Cool Japan | |
Modern Ruins as Debris of | |
Fashion | |
A New Generation of Fashion Designers | |
Mens Fashion Magazines Male Aesthetic Ideals | |
Superflat Life | |
Notes from an Apathetic Continent | |
Glossary | |