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Book Summary
In Japan, obsessive adult fans and collectors of manga and anime are known as
otaku. When the underground otaku subculture first emerged in the 1970s,
participants were looked down on within mainstream Japanese society as strange,
antisocial loners. Today otaku have had a huge impact on popular culture not
only in Japan but also throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. Hiroki
Azuma’s Otaku offers a critical, philosophical, and historical inquiry into the
characteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture. For Azuma, one of
Japan’s leading public intellectuals, otaku culture mirrors the transformations
of postwar Japanese society and the nature of human behavior in the postmodern
era. He
- ISBN-13
- 9780816653522
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Publishing Date
- 2009-04-01
- Total Pages
- 200
Otaku: Japan's Database Animals
by Hiroki Azuma (Author),
University of Minnesota Press (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
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Book Summary
In Japan, obsessive adult fans and collectors of manga and anime are known as
otaku. When the underground otaku subculture first emerged in the 1970s,
participants were looked down on within mainstream Japanese society as strange,
antisocial loners. Today otaku have had a huge impact on popular culture not
only in Japan but also throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. Hiroki
Azuma’s Otaku offers a critical, philosophical, and historical inquiry into the
characteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture. For Azuma, one of
Japan’s leading public intellectuals, otaku culture mirrors the transformations
of postwar Japanese society and the nature of human behavior in the postmodern
era. He
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780816653522
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Publishing Date
- 2009-04-01
- Total Pages
- 200