ISBN:
9780511470158
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
Series Statement:
Contemporary Japanese society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306/.0952
Keywords:
Popular culture / Japan
;
Volkskultur
;
Japan / Civilization / 1945-
;
Japan
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Japan
;
Volkskultur
Abstract:
Dolores Martinez heads an international team of scholars in this lively discussion of Japanese popular culture. The book's contributors include Japanese as well as British, Icelandic and North American writers, offering a diversity of views of what Japanese popular culture is, and how it is best approached and understood. They bring an anthropological perspective to a broad range of topics, including sumo, karaoke, manga, vampires, women's magazines, soccer and morning television. Through these topics - many of which have never previously been addressed by scholars - the contributors also explore several deeper themes: the construction of gender in Japan; the impact of globalisation and modern consumerism; and the rapidly shifting boundaries of Japanese culture and identity. This innovative study will appeal to those interested in Japanese culture, sociology and cultural anthropology
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
,
Sumo in the popular culture of contemporary Japan
,
Transformational magic
,
Akira, postmodernism and resistance
,
Japan's empty orchestras
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Vampires, psychic girls, flying women and sailor scouts
,
Japanese women's magazines
,
Nonchan's dream
,
Media stories of bliss and mixed blessings
,
Cult of Oguricap
,
Soccer shinhatsubai
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511470158
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511470158
