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Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World
Mizuko Ito
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Description for Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World
Paperback. Otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan's major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon. This title investigates how this once marginalized popular culture has come to play a major role in Japan's identity at home and abroad. Editor(s): Ito, Mizuko; Okabe, Daisuke; Tsuji, Izumi. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan’s major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon. This timely volume investigates how this once marginalized popular culture has come to play a major role in Japan’s identity at home and abroad. In the American context, the word otaku is best translated as “geek”—an ardent fan with highly specialized knowledge and interests. But it is associated especially with fans of specific Japan-based cultural genres, including anime, manga, and video games. Most important of all, as this collection shows, is the way otaku culture represents a newly participatory fan ... Read more
In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan’s major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon. This timely volume investigates how this once marginalized popular culture has come to play a major role in Japan’s identity at home and abroad. In the American context, the word otaku is best translated as “geek”—an ardent fan with highly specialized knowledge and interests. But it is associated especially with fans of specific Japan-based cultural genres, including anime, manga, and video games. Most important of all, as this collection shows, is the way otaku culture represents a newly participatory fan ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300158649
SKU
V9780300158649
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About Mizuko Ito
Mizuko Ito is Professor in Residence and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, Department of Anthropology and Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine. Daisuke Okabe is lecturer in psychology, Tokyo City University, Japan. Izumi Tsuji is associate professor of sociology at Chuo University, Japan.
Reviews for Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World
"This is the first comprehensive book to examine the full range of practices we associate with Otaku culture. The range of material covered here - from train watchers to cosplayers, from model builders to fansubbers - is really spectacular, helping us to move beyond encrusted stereotypes of the isolated Otaku to a much more nuanced understanding of the Otaku subculture."—Henry ... Read more