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Millennial monsters : Japanese toys and the global imagination / Anne Allison ; foreword by Gary Cross.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asia--local studies/global themes ; 13.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520938991
  • 0520938992
  • 1423771125
  • 9781423771128
  • 1601290292
  • 9781601290298
  • 9780520221482
  • 0520221486
  • 9780520245655
  • 0520245652
  • 1282771922
  • 9781282771925
  • 9786612771927
  • 6612771925
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Millennial monsters.DDC classification:
  • 688.7/20952 22
LOC classification:
  • GN635.J2 A55 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 02.01
  • EI 6800
  • LB 61450
  • QR 529
Online resources:
Contents:
Enchanted commodities -- From ashes to cyborgs : the era of reconstruction (1945/1960) -- Millennial Japan : intimate alienation and new age intimacies -- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : the first crossover superheroes -- Fierce flesh : sexy schoolgirls in the action fantasy of Sailor Moon -- Tamagotchi : the prosthetics of presence -- Pokømon : getting monsters and communicating capitalism -- "Gotta catch 'em all" : the pokømonization of America (and the world).
Summary: From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese "cool" is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation), and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes from Hong Kong to Canada.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Enchanted commodities -- From ashes to cyborgs : the era of reconstruction (1945/1960) -- Millennial Japan : intimate alienation and new age intimacies -- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : the first crossover superheroes -- Fierce flesh : sexy schoolgirls in the action fantasy of Sailor Moon -- Tamagotchi : the prosthetics of presence -- Pokømon : getting monsters and communicating capitalism -- "Gotta catch 'em all" : the pokømonization of America (and the world).

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From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese "cool" is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation), and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes from Hong Kong to Canada.

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