ABSTRACT
Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as, politics, society, and economics. As a result, more than being a time capsule of influential trends, this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it.
With contributions from an international team of scholars, representing a range of disciplines from history and anthropology to art history and media studies, the book’s sections include:
- Television
- Videogames
- Music
- Popular Cinema
- Anime
- Manga
- Popular Literature
- Fashion
- Contemporary Art
Written in an accessible style by a stellar line-up of international contributors, this textbook will be essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society, Asian media and popular culture, and Asian Studies in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|24 pages
Characters
part II|34 pages
Television
chapter 4|13 pages
The Grotesque Hero
part III|22 pages
Videogames
part IV|43 pages
Fan Media and Technology
part V|56 pages
Music
chapter 13|13 pages
Electrifying the Japanese Teenager Across Generations
chapter 14|10 pages
The “Pop Pacific”
chapter 17|11 pages
Korean Pop Music in Japan
part VI|36 pages
Popular Cinema
chapter 18|13 pages
The Prehistory of Soft Power
chapter 19|12 pages
The Rise of Japanese Horror Films
part VII|36 pages
Anime
chapter 21|14 pages
Apocalyptic Animation
part VIII|48 pages
Manga
chapter 26|13 pages
The Beautiful Men of the Inner Chamber
part IX|23 pages
Popular Literature
part X|63 pages
Sites and Spectacles
part XI|33 pages
Fashion
chapter 37|8 pages
Clean-Cut
part XII|36 pages
Contemporary Art