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Fanning the flames : fans and consumer culture in contemporary Japan /

"Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons: passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional raku...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Kelly, William W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2004.
Collection:SUNY series in Japan in transition.
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Table des matières:
  • B-Boys and b-girls: rap fandom and consumer culture in Japan / Ian Condry
  • Letters from the heart: Negotiating fan-star relationships in Japanese popular music / Christine R. Yano
  • Buying intimacy: proximity and exchange at a Japanese rock concert / Carolyn S. Stevens
  • Sense and sensibility at the ballpark: what fans make of professional baseball in modern Japan / William W. Kelly
  • It's a "gottsan" world: the role of the patron in Sumo / R. Kenji Tierney
  • Rakugo fans at play: promoting the art, creating community, inventing selves / Lorie Brau
  • Vinyl record collecting as material practice: the Japanese case / Shuhei Hosokawa and Hideaki Matsuokoa
  • Girls and women getting out of hand: the pleasure and politics of Japan's amateur comics community / Matthew Thorn.