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Fanning the flames [electronic resource]

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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.

Title Fanning the flames [electronic resource] : fans and consumer culture in contemporary Japan / edited by William W. Kelly. [SUNY series in Japan in transition ]
Publisher Albany, NY : State University of New York Press
Creation Date 2004
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- B-Boys and B-Girls -- Letters from the Heart -- Buying Intimacy -- Sense and Sensibility at the Ballpark -- It’s a “Gottsan” World -- Rakugo Fans at Play -- Vinyl Record Collecting as Material Practice -- Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand -- Glossary of Japanese Terms -- Contributors -- Index
Series SUNY series in Japan in Transition
Extent 1 online resource (213 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010712363805171
MARC RECORDS
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