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Author Allison, Anne, 1950-

Title Millennial monsters : Japanese toys and the global imagination / Anne Allison ; foreword by Gary Cross.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Asia--local studies/global themes ; 13
Asia--local studies/global themes ; 13.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Enchanted commodities -- From ashes to cyborgs : the era of reconstruction (1945/1960) -- Millennial Japan : intimate alienation and new age intimacies -- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : the first crossover superheroes -- Fierce flesh : sexy schoolgirls in the action fantasy of Sailor Moon -- Tamagotchi : the prosthetics of presence -- Pokømon : getting monsters and communicating capitalism -- "Gotta catch 'em all" : the pokømonization of America (and the world).
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Toys -- Japan.
Toys.
Japan.
Games -- Japan.
Games.
Animated films -- Japan.
Animated films.
Video games -- Japan.
Video games.
Genre/Form Video games.
Subject Consumer goods -- Japan.
Consumer goods.
Toy industry -- Japan.
Toy industry.
Toys -- Japan -- Marketing.
Marketing.
Philosophy, Japanese.
Philosophy, Japanese.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Allison, Anne, 1950- Millennial monsters. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520221486 0520245652 (DLC) 2005025770 (OCoLC)61479551
ISBN 9780520938991 (electronic book)
0520938992 (electronic book)
1423771125 (electronic book)
9781423771128 (electronic book)
1601290292
9781601290298
9780520221482 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520221486 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520245655 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0520245652 (paperback ; alkaline paper)