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Fanning the Flames

Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2012

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A fascinating look at fans of a variety of popular culture phenomena in Japan.

Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle-aged female fans of a popular music star; youthful followers of Japan's longest-running rock band; vinyl record collectors; and a thriving community of girls and women who produce and devour amateur comics. Grounded in close, often extended fieldwork with the fans themselves, each case study is an effort to understand both the personal pleasures and political economies of fandoms. The contributors explore the many ways that fans in and of Japanese mass culture actively search for intimacy and identity amid the powerful corporate structures that produce the leisure and entertainment of today's Japan.

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Contributor: William W. Kelly William W. Kelly is Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japan.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    Illustrations

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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    William W. Kelly
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    B-Boys and B-Girls

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    Ian Condry
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    Letters from the Heart

    41
    Christine R. Yano
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    Buying Intimacy

    59
    Carolyn S. Stevens
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    Sense and Sensibility at the Ballpark

    79
    William W. Kelly
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    It’s a “Gottsan” World

    107
    R. Kenji Tierney
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    Rakugo Fans at Play

    127
    Lorie Brau
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    Vinyl Record Collecting as Material Practice

    151
    Shuhei Hosokawa and Hideaki Matsuoka
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    Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand

    169
    Matthew Thorn
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    Glossary of Japanese Terms

    189
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    Contributors

    199
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    Index

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March 13, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9780791485385
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212
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780791485385
eBook ISBN: 9780791485385
Keywords for this book
Anthropology and Archaeology : Anthropology; Asian Studies : Asian Studies; Asian Studies : Japanese Studies; Cultural Studies : Popular Culture
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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