Introducing Japanese Popular Culture - eBook

9781317528937
1-317-52893-X

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.

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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 books sections include:TelevisionVideogamesMusicPopular CinemaAnimeMangaPopular LiteratureFashionContemporary ArtWritten 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.