Patrick W. Galbraith

Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan

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Produktbeschreibung

Patrick Galbraith examines Japanese â otaku,â their relationships with fictional girl characters, the Japanese public's interpretations of them as excessive and perverse, and the Japanese government's attempts to co-opt them into depictions of â Cool Japanâ to an international audience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781478006299
• ISBN-10: 1478006293
• Artikelnr.: 55901779

Autorenporträt

Patrick W. Galbraith is an Associate Professor in the School of International Communication at Sensh¿ University in Tokyo. His recent publications include Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan (Duke University Press, 2019), AKB48 (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) and Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga (Amsterdam University Press, 2020). ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1085-4558

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication / Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. "Otaku" and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan  1
1. Seeking an Alternative: "Male S¿jo Fans since the 1970s  20
2. "Otaku" Research and Reality Problems  49
3. Moe: An Affective Response to Fictional Characters  76
4. Akihabara: "Otaku" and Contested Imaginaries in Japan  127
5. Maid Cafés: Relations with Fictional and Real Others in Spaces Between 
184
Conclusion. Eshi 100: The Politics of Japanese, "Otaku," Popular Culture in
Akihabara and Beyond  227
Notes  261
Bibliography  289
Index  311