Debating otaku in contemporary Japan : historical perspectives and new horizons

Author(s)

• Galbraith, Patrick W.
• Kam, Thiam Huat
• Kamm, Björn-Ole

Bibliographic Information

Debating otaku in contemporary Japan : historical perspectives and new horizons

edited by Patrick W. Galbraith, Thiam Huat Kam and Björn-Ole Kamm

（SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• '"Otaku" research' and anxiety about failed men / Patrick W. Galbraith
• Birth of 'Otaku' : centring on discourse dynamics in Manga Burikko / Yamanaka Tomomi
• Opening the black box of the 1989 Otaku discourse / Björn-Ole Kamm
• Traversing Otaku fantasy : representation of the Otaku subject, gaze and fantasy in Otaku no Video / Lien Fan Shen
• Introduction to Otakuology / Okada Toshio
• The construction of discourses on Otaku : the history of subcultures from 1983 to 2005 / Aida Miho
• Train Man and the gender politics of Japanese 'Otaku' culture : the rise of new media, nerd heroes and consumer communities / Alisa Freedman
• The transformation and diffusion of 'Otaku' stereotypes and the establishment of 'Akihabara' as a place-brand / Kikuchi Satoru
• The transition of Otaku and Otaku / Okada Toshio
• 'Otaku' as label : concerns over productive capacities in contemporary capitalist Japan / Thiam Huat Kam

Details

• NCID: BB18798187
• ISBN:
  • 9781472594976
• LCCN: 2014045818
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 199 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P94.65.J3
  • DC23 : 306/.10952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mass media and culture -- Japan
  • LCSH : Popular culture -- Japan
  • LCSH : Subculture -- Japan
  • LCSH : Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB15736820