Islands of Eight Million Smiles - Idol Performance and Symbolic Production in Contemporary Japan

Klappentext Since the late 1960s a ubiquitous feature of popular culture in Japan has been the "idol!" an attractive young actor! male or female! packaged and promoted as an adolescent role model and exploited by the entertainment! fashion! cosmetic! and publishing industries to market trendy products. This book offers ethnographic case studies regarding the symbolic qualities of idols and how these qualities relate to the conceptualization of selfhood among adolescents in Japan and elsewhere in East Asia. Ultimately! Aoyagi argues! idol performances substantiate capitalist values in the urban consumer society of contemporary Japan and East Asia. Zusammenfassung Since the late 1960s a ubiquitous feature of popular culture in Japan has been the “idol,” an attractive young actor packaged and promoted as an adolescent role model and exploited for marketing. This book offers ethnographic case studies on the symbolic qualities of idols and how they relate to the conceptualization of self among adolescents.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hiroshi Aoyagi
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2005
• EAN: 9780674017733
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01773-3
• Pagine: 300
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie