Aoyagi Hiroshi is Professor in the School of Asia 21 at Kokushikan University in Tokyo. He is the author of Islands of Eight Million Smiles: Idol Performance and Symbolic Production in Contemporary Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2005).
Patrick W. Galbraith is Associate Professor in the School of International Communication at Senshū University in Tokyo. He is the author and editor of many books on Japanese media and popular culture.
Mateja Kovacic is Assistant Professor in the Animation and Media Arts program, Academy of Film, School of Communication, at Hong Kong Baptist University. She researches intersections between science, technology and popular culture.
4 Ebooks de Patrick W. Galbraith
Patrick W. Galbraith: Moe Manifesto
Moe is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga—not just in Japan but now throughout the world. In Japan, avid fans of manga co …
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Mr. Patrick W. Galbraith & Thiam Huat Kam: Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan
With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term ”otaku” to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and an …
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Aoyagi Hiroshi & Patrick W. Galbraith: Idology in Transcultural Perspective
This edited volume expands on what Aoyagi Hiroshi intended in the first decade of the new millennium to establish as a subfield of symbolic anthropology called “idology.” It brings together case stud …
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Patrick W. Galbraith: Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan
From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called "otaku" develop intense fan relationships with "cute girl" characters from manga, anime, and related media and material …
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