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9780791460313

Fanning the Flames : Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791460313

  • ISBN10:

    0791460312

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-08-30
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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William W. Kelly is Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Locating the Fans 1(16)
William W. Kelly
1 B-Boys and B-Girls: Rap Fandom and Consumer Culture in Japan 17(24)
Ian Condry
2 Letters from the Heart: Negotiating Fan-Star Relationships in Japanese Popular Music 41(18)
Christine R. Yano
3 Buying Intimacy: Proximity and Exchange at a Japanese Rock Concert 59(20)
Carolyn S. Stevens
4 Sense and Sensibility at the Ballpark: What Fans Make of Professional Baseball in Modern Japan 79(28)
William W Kelly
5 It's a "Gottsan" World: The Role of the Patron in Sumo 107(20)
R. Kenji Tierney
6 Rakugo Fans at Play: Promoting the Art, Creating Community, Inventing Selves 127(24)
Lorie Brau
7 Vinyl Record Collecting as Material Practice: The Japanese Case 151(18)
Shuhei Hosokawa and Hideaki Matsuoka
8 Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand: The Pleasure and Politics of Japan's Amateur Comics Community 169(20)
Matthew Thorn
Glossary of Japanese Terms 189(8)
Contributors 197(2)
Index 199

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