Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
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Introducing Japanese Popular Culture

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Introducing Japanese Popular Culture

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Specifically designed for use in a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, while reaching specialists and general readers, this second edition of 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 covers:

  • Characters
  • Television
  • Videogames
  • Fan media and technology
  • Music
  • Popular cinema
  • Anime
  • Manga
  • Spectacles and competitions
  • Sites of popular culture
  • Fashion
  • Contemporary art.

Written in an accessible style with ample description and analysis, this textbook is essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society, Asian media and popular culture, globalization, and Asian Studies in general. It is a go-to handbook for interested readers and a compendium for scholars.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000864175
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Popular Culture
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Japanese Conventions
  10. 1 Introducing Japanese Popular Culture: Serious Approaches to Playful Trends
  11. PART I Characters
  12. PART II Television
  13. PART III Videogames
  14. PART IV Fan Media and Technology
  15. PART V Music
  16. PART VI Popular Cinema
  17. PART VII Anime
  18. PART VIII Manga
  19. PART IX Spectacles and Competitions
  20. PART X Sites
  21. PART XI Fashion
  22. PART XII Contemporary Art
  23. Glossary
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index