Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/EFWpKL Millennial Monsters Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination By: Anne Allison Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520245655, 0520245652 eText ISBN: 9780520938991, 0520938992 Edition: 1st Pages: 356 Copyright year: 2006 Format: EPUB Available from $ 34.95 USD SKU 9780520938991 From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese “cool” is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation), and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes from Hong Kong to Canada. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, Millennial Monstersexplores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods today while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Arguing that part of the appeal of such dream worlds is the polymorphous perversity with which they scramble identity and character, the author traces the postindustrial milieux from which such fantasies have arisen in postwar Japan and been popularly received in the United States. Additional ISBNs 9780520221482, 0520221486
