Fandom unbound : otaku culture in a connected world

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Fandom unbound : otaku culture in a connected world

edited by Mizuko Ito, Daisuke Okabe, Izumi Tsuji

Yale University Press, c2012

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Why study train otaku? : a social history of imagination / Izumi Tsuji
  • Database animals / Hiroki Azuma
  • Japan's cynical nationalism / Akihiro Kitada
  • Strategies of engagement : discovering, defining, and describing otaku culture in the United States / Lawrence Eng
  • Comic market as space for self-expression in otaku culture / Hiroaki Tamagawa
  • Otaku and the city : the rebirth of Akihabara / Kaichiro Morikawa
  • Anime and Manga fandom as networked culture / Lawrence Eng
  • Contributors versus leechers : fansubbing ethics and a hybrid public culture / Mizuko Ito
  • Making Fujoshi identity visible and invisible / Daisuke Okabe and Kimi Ishida
  • Cosplay, learning, and cultural practice / Daisuke Okabe
  • The fighting gamer otaku community : what are they "fighting" about? / Yoshimasa Kijima
  • "As long as it's not Linkin Park Z" : popularity, distinction, and status in the AMV subculture / Mizuko Ito

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