Anime Fans: The Cult Of Japanese Animation in Gobal and Historica.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Description: "What is it about anime that is so appealing to a transnational fan base? Is the American attraction to anime similar to the popularity of previous fads of Japanese culture, like the Japonisants of fin-de-siecle France enamored of Japanese art and architecture, or the American poets in the fifties and sixties who latched onto haiku? Or is this something new, a product of global culture in which ethnic identities carry less weight? This book explores these issues by taking a look at anime fans and the place they occupy, both in terms of subculture in Japan and America, and in relation to Western perceptions of Japan since the late 1800s." --Back cover.