Galbraith, Patrick W.
Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture
1. Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity
Patrick W. Galbraith, Jason G. Karlin
Part I. Systems
2. The
David W. Marx
Part I. Systems
3. Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal
Igor Prusa
4. Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising, Idols, and the Making of Fan Audiences
Jason G. Karlin
5. Johnny’s Idols as Icons: Female Desires to Fantasize and Consume Male Idol Images
Kazumi Nagaike
6. From Boys Next Door to Boys’ Love: Gender Performance in Japanese Male Idol Media
Lucy Glasspool
7. The
Jonathan D. Mackintosh
Part III. Difference
8. Idol as Accidental Activist: Agnes Chan, Feminism, and Motherhood in Japan
Alexandra Hambleton
9. Emotions, Desires, and Fantasies: What Idolizing Means for Yon-sama Fans in Japan
Ho Swee Lin
Part IV. Image
10. Idols: The Image of Desire in Japanese Consumer Capitalism
Patrick W. Galbraith
11. The Virtual Idol: Producing and Consuming Digital Femininity
Daniel Black
Keywords: Social Sciences, Media Research, Cultural Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Theatre History
- Editor
- Galbraith, Patrick W.
- Karlin, Jason G.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 254 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137283788
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-33445-2