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Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan

Autor Patrick W. Galbraith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 dec 2019
Patrick Galbraith examines Japanese "otaku," their relationships with fictional girl characters, the Japanese public's interpretations of them as excessive and perverse, and the Japanese government's attempts to co-opt them into depictions of "Cool Japan" to an international audience.
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ISBN-13: 9781478006299
ISBN-10: 1478006293
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

Notă biografică

Patrick W. Galbraith is an Associate Professor in the School of International Communication at Sensh¿ University in Tokyo. His recent publications include Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan (Duke University Press, 2019), AKB48 (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) and Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga (Amsterdam University Press, 2020). ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1085-4558

Cuprins

Dedication / Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. "Otaku" and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan 1
1. Seeking an Alternative: "Male S¿jo Fans since the 1970s 20
2. "Otaku" Research and Reality Problems 49
3. Moe: An Affective Response to Fictional Characters 76
4. Akihabara: "Otaku" and Contested Imaginaries in Japan 127
5. Maid Cafés: Relations with Fictional and Real Others in Spaces Between 184
Conclusion. Eshi 100: The Politics of Japanese, "Otaku," Popular Culture in Akihabara and Beyond 227
Notes 261
Bibliography 289
Index 311