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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68639895 Title: Millennial monsters : Japanese toys and the global imagination Author: Anne Allison Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006. ISBN/ISSN: 9780520938991 0520938992 1423771125 9781423771128 1601290292 9781601290298 9780520221482 0520221486 9780520245655 0520245652 OCLC:68639895

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Millennial monsters : Japanese toys and the global imagination

Author:	Anne Allison
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Series:	Asia--local studies/global themes, 13.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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.
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Subjects	Toys -- Japan. Games -- Japan. Animated films -- Japan. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Electronic books
Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Allison, Anne, 1950- Millennial monsters. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005025770 (OCoLC)61479551
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
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ISBN:	9780520938991 0520938992 1423771125 9781423771128 1601290292 9781601290298 9780520221482 0520221486 9780520245655 0520245652
OCLC Number:	68639895
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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).
Series Title:	Asia--local studies/global themes, 13.
Responsibility:	Anne Allison ; foreword by Gary Cross.
More information:	De Gruyter, Cover

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From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace. This book explores the popularity of Japanese youth Read more...

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