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  • Moe Manifesto

    An Insider's Look at the Worlds of Manga, Anime, and Gaming

    by Patrick W. Galbraith ...
    Moe is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga—not just in Japan but now throughout the world.In Japan, avid fans of manga comics, anime films and videogames use the term Moe to refer to the strong sense of emotional attachment they feel for their favorite characters. These fans have a powerful desire to protect and nurture ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan

    by Patrick W. Galbraith ...
    From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Idology in Transcultural Perspective

    Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry

    Edited by Aoyagi Hiroshi, Patrick W. Galbraith, Mateja Kovacic ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume expands on what Aoyagi Hiroshi intended in the first decade of the new millennium to establish as a subfield of symbolic anthropology called “idology.” It brings together case studies of popular idolatry in Japan, but goes further to provide a transcultural perspective to guide anthropological investigations in different places and times. In proposing an integrated paradigm for ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • AKB48

    by Mr. Patrick W. Galbraith, Jason G. Karlin ...
    Series series 33 1/3 Japan
    Since its formation as a girl group in 2005, AKB48 has become a phenomenal success and institution in Japan. Having originally recruited fans with photocopied fliers and daily performances in the Akihabara area of Tokyo, AKB48 now saturates Japan. Its members--nearly 800 of them, including five sister groups and four so-called "rival groups" across Japan, as well as six sister groups in other ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan

    Historical Perspectives and New Horizons

    Edited by Mr. Patrick W. Galbraith, Thiam Huat Kam, Björn-Ole Kamm ...
    Series series SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
    With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term 'otaku' to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and anime may seem straightforward, but, when taken for granted, often serves to obscure the debates within and around media fandom in Japan since the term 'otaku' appeared in the niche publication Manga ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia

    Critical Perspectives on Japan and the Two Koreas

    by Shawn Bender, Geoffrey Martin Rockwell, Keiji Amano, Keung Yoon Bae, Elizabeth Shim, Weiqi Zhang, Deirdre Sneep, Ana Gascón Marcén, Patrick W Galbraith, Kyooeun Jang ...
    Media technologies for play have become major industries in Japan and South Korea. Even in North Korea, citizens bypass the state to enjoy popular culture. At the same time, corporations and governments encourage people to produce economic values through play.The first comparative study of media technologies in Japan and the two Koreas, this book illuminates the peculiar geopolitical relations ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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  • Raising the Stakes

    E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming

    by T. L. Taylor ...
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  • Dying for an iPhone

    Apple, Foxconn, and The Lives of China's Workers

    by Jenny Chan, Mark Selden, Ngai Pun ...
    Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff, Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world’s most powerful companies: Foxconn and Apple.As the leading manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and Kindles, and employing one million workers in ... Read more

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  • Anime and Philosophy

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    by Josef Steiff, Tristan D. Tamplin ...
    Series Book 47 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at their core. Astro Boy, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell, and Spirited Away are just a few of the films analyzed in this book. In these stories about monsters, robots, children, and spirits who grapple with the important questions in life we find ... Read more

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  • Television Studies After TV

    Understanding Television in the Post-Broadcast Era

    Edited by Graeme Turner, Jinna Tay ...
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  • Otaku

    Japan's Database Animals

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    Translated by Jonathan E. Abel, Shion Kono ...
    In Japan, obsessive adult fans and collectors of manga and anime are known as otaku. When the underground otaku subculture first emerged in the 1970s, participants were looked down on within mainstream Japanese society as strange, antisocial loners. Today otaku have had a huge impact on popular culture not only in Japan but also throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.Hiroki Azuma’s Otaku ... Read more

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