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Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool

Brian Ashcraft

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Description for Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool paperback. Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential takes you beyond the realm of everyday girls to the world of the iconic Japanese schoolgirl craze that is sweeping the globe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: YF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
The schoolgirl is the main driver of Japan's Gross National Cool, and Brian Ashcraft's book is the best source for those hoping to understand why. -Chris Baker, WIRED Magazine Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential takes you beyond the realm of everyday girls to the world of the iconic Japanese schoolgirl craze that is sweeping the globe. For years, Japanese schoolgirls have appeared in hugely-popular anime and manga series such as Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Blood: The Last Vampire. These girls are literally showing up everywhere-in movies, magazines, video games, ... Read more

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Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2016

Condition

New

Weight

358g

Number of Pages

208

Place of Publication

Boston, United States

ISBN

9780804847391

SKU

V9780804847391

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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days

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99-15

About Brian Ashcraft

Brian Ashcraft and Shoko Ueda are a husband and wife team based in Osaka, Japan. Brian is the author of Arcade Mania!, a Senior Contributing Editor for Kotaku.com, and a Contributing Editor at WIRED Magazine. He has written for Metropolis Magazine, Popular Science, Otaku USA, the British tech magazine T3, and The Japan Times. Shoko has been a research assistant ... Read more

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If you're into Japanese culture and want to know more about the Harajuku origins or why schoolgirls are on the advertisements for nearly everything, then pick this up. You'll learn about things you never thought to ask! -Jessica Barton, Nerdist.com blog Every page in this book has something impressive, even to us Japanese who should be familiar with ... Read moreJyosi-Kosei...The book is literally Eye-Opening for any reader both in and out of Japan. -Gigazine blog For those of you who have always regretted not taking that course Japanese Schoolgirl at school-be disappointed no more as all you have to do is pick up this book and study at home instead. Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool is the Japanese Schoolgirl bible that will arm you with the knowledge to pass the JSPT (Japanese Schoolgirl Proficiency Test). -Danny Choo, Culture Japan Director & Web Monkey Brian Ashcraft and his wife, Shoko Ueda, give the most comprehensive look at the girls that have shaped Japan. Whether you have interests in Japan's history, a love for videogames, or are an anime otaku, this book will definitely keep your eyes glued to the pages. -Sit Sam! game resource blog Manga, horror movies, pop music, fashion, and accessories are all popular Japanese topics and trends. Brian Ashcraft and Shoko Ueda tackle all of the above-and more-through the well-known trope of the schoolgirl in Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool. -Library Journal Overall, the topics of discussion and the specific examples used seem to have been very carefully chosen, and all of the facts and information flow together nicely. The prose is intelligent, witty, and easy to read... Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential is not only lots and lots of fun but also manages to transcend the schoolgirl icon by coalescing into a rich and informative cultural history. -Contemporary Japanese Literature blog Japanese Schoolgirls Confidential is highly valuable as a written discourse on one of Japan's most valuable exports. Authors Brian Ashcraft and Shoko Ueda do a fantastic job at deconstructing the Japanese schoolgirl and in the process elevating the discourse on the subject. -iSugio blog Honestly, if you've got any interest in Japanese pop culture, this book is a must-have primer on one of the most influential items in Japan. I didn't think that was the case before reading this, but at this point, I have to admit, Ashcraft and Ueda have convinced me that it really is the case in Japan. -Japanator blog Show Less

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