Fandom Unbound - Otaku Culture in a Connected World

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Mizuko Ito, Mizuko (EDT)/ Okabe Ito, Mizuko Okabe Ito, ITO MIZUKO OKABE DAISUKE TSUJI
• Assisted by: Mizuko Ito (Editor), Ito Mizuko (Editor), Daisuke Okabe (Editor), Okabe Daisuke (Editor), Izumi Tsuji (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2012
• EAN: 9780300158649
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15864-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology