Islands of eight million smiles : : idol performance and symbolic production in contemporary Japan / / Hiroshi Aoyagi.

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 252
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2005]
2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 252.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Ethnography of Idol Production: An Overview
  • The Making of Japanese Adolescent Role Models
  • Idol Performances and Gender Identities
  • Explorations in the Field of Competing Styles
  • Following the Trajectory of an Idol Superstar
  • Idol Fans and the Adoration Cult
  • The Spread of Idol Performances in New Industrial Economies
  • Capitalizing Adolescence
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs.