Screen LibraryAKB48 /
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| Published: |
Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
33 1/3 Japan
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 144 pages : illustrations, forms ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [126]-138) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501341113 (paperback) : 1501341111 (paperback) 9781501341106 1501341103 |
| Index Number: | ML421 |
| CLC: | K833.135.76 |
| Call Number: | K833.135.76/G148 |
| Contents: | The birth and evolution of idols in Japan -- The democratization of idols -- "Idols that you can meet" -- The affective economics of the idol industry -- The general election -- Toward a critical political economy of idols -- The ordinary as extraordinary -- Tears of the idol -- The labor of love -- Female fans as aspirational consumers -- Placebo idols -- AKB48 in the global imagination. |