Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan (Suny Series in Japan in Transition) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0791460320 ISBN 13 : 9780791460320

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2004

Synopsis

A fascinating look at fans of a variety of popular culture phenomena in Japan.

Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle-aged female fans of a popular music star; youthful followers of Japan's longest-running rock band; vinyl record collectors; and a thriving community of girls and women who produce and devour amateur comics. Grounded in close, often extended fieldwork with the fans themselves, each case study is an effort to understand both the personal pleasures and political economies of fandoms. The contributors explore the many ways that fans in and of Japanese mass culture actively search for intimacy and identity amid the powerful corporate structures that produce the leisure and entertainment of today's Japan.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William W. Kelly is Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791460320
• ISBN 13: 9780791460320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 202
• Éditeur: Kelly William W
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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