Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture [electronic resource] /
Galbraith, P. W.editor.
Karlin, J. G.editor.
This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword: Revisiting "Idology"; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity; Part I: Systems; 1 The Jimusho System: Understanding the Production Logic of the Japanese Entertainment Industry; 2 Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal; 3 Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising, Idols, and the Making of Fan Audiences; Part II: Desire; 4 Johnny's Idols as Icons: Female Desires to Fantasize and Consume Male Idol Images
5 From Boys Next Door to Boys' Love: Gender Performance in Japanese Male Idol Media6 The Homo Cultures of Iconic Personality in Japan: Mishima Yukio and Misora Hibari; Part III: Difference; 7 Idol as Accidental Activist: Agnes Chan, Feminism, and Motherhood in Japan; 8 Emotions, Desires, and Fantasies: What Idolizing Means for Yon-sama Fans in Japan; Part IV: Image; 9 Idols: The Image of Desire in Japanese Consumer Capitalism; 10 The Virtual Idol: Producing and Consuming Digital Femininity; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements.
Communication.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Theater—History.
Media Research.
Cultural Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Theatre History.