Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan [Paperback]

Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence. Popular Culture, Globalization and Japanexamines this evolution from a new and challenging perspective by focusing on the movements of popular culture into and out of Japan.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book argues that a key factor behind the changing nature of Japanese popular culture lies in its engagement with globalization. Essays from a team of leading international scholars illustrate this crucial interaction between the flows of Japanese popular culture and the constant development of globalization. Drawing on rich empirical content, this book looks at Japanese popular culture as it traverses international borders flowing out through such forms as manga consumption in New Zealand and flowing in through such forms as foreigners writing about Japan in Japanese and how American influences affected the formation of Japans gay identity.

Presenting current, confronting and sometimes controversial insights into the many forms of Japanese popular culture emerging within this global context, Popular Culture,Globalization and Japanwill make essential reading for those working in Japanese studies, cultural studies and international relations.

Acknowledgements  Note on Japanese Names and Words  1. Introduction: Inside-Out Japan: Popular Culture and Globalization in the Context of Japan  Section 1:Reconfiguring Japan  2. Japanese Popular Culture and postcolonial Desire for 'Asia'  3. South Parkdoes Japan: Going Global with Chimpokomon  4. The Film Bish?nen and Queer(n) Asia through Japanese Popular Culture  5. Japan Beating: The Making and Marketing of Professional TaikoMusic in Australia  6. Who Reads Comics? MalCo