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Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

by Roland Kelts

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Publisher Comments:

Japanamerica is the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop culture craze--including anime from Hayao Miyazaki's epics to the burgeoning world of hentai, or violent pornographic anime to Haruki Murakami's fiction. Including interviews with the inventor of Pac-man and executives from TokyoPop, GDH, and other major Japanese and American production companies, this book highlights the shared conflicts both countries face as anime and manga become a global form of entertainment and change both the United States and Japan in the process.

About the Author

Roland Kelts is a Lecturer at the University of Tokyo and a co-editor of the New York-based literary journal, A Public Space. His articles, essays, and stories have been published in Zoetrope, Playboy, Salon, The Village Voice, Cosmopolitan, and Vogue, among others. He currently splits his time between New York and Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Foreword * May the G-Force Be with You * Atom Boys * The Business of Anime * Toy Story * Japan's IP Problem * Strange Transformations * Cosplay and Otakudom: The Draw of DIY * Future Shocks * Anime Appeals Foreword * May the G-Force Be with You * Atom Boys * The Business of Anime * Toy Story * Japan's IP Problem * Strange Transformations * Cosplay and Otakudom: The Draw of DIY * Future Shocks * Anime Appeals

Product Details

ISBN:
9781403984760
Subtitle:
How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
Author:
Kelts, Roland
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
Subject:
PER017000
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
242
Dimensions:
9.18x6.36x.68 in. .69 lbs.

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