Otaku : Japan's Database Animals
by
Hiroki Azuma
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0816653526
ISBN-13
9780816653522
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 25th, 2009
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
244 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 14.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
JapanPopular culturePopular culture
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Otaku offers a critical, philosophical, and historical inquiry into thecharacteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture.
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 by 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 thecharacteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture.
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