Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition

__The Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition__ brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts that are less well known or studied. Organized into five thematic sections, the chapters span a diverse range of cultural genres, including contemporary film and television, postwar cinema, advertising, popular fiction, men's magazines, manga and anime, karaoke and digital media. They address issues critical to contemporary Japanese society: the politicization of history, authenticity and representation, constructions of identity, trauma and social disaffection, intersectionality and trans/nationalism. Drawing on methods and approaches from a range of disciplines, the chapters make explicit the interconnections between these areas of research and map out possible trajectories for future inquiry. As such, the handbook will be of value to both novice scholars and seasoned researchers, working within and/or beyond the Japanese media studies remit. Table of Contents Contributors Preface Introduction Part 1 Reimagining History Chapter 1 Imagining Alternative Pasts: Imperial Nostalgia on Japanese Television Chapter 2 Truth and Limitations: Japanese Media and Disasters Chapter 3 Solace or Criticism? The Representation of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Television Dramas and Films Part 2 Transitions and Transcultural Flows Chapter 4 Red-Light Bases (1953): A Cross-Temporal Contact Zone Chapter 5 Creating the Youth Star System in Japan: Transnational and Transmedia Phenomena Chapter 6 Film and Television: Looking Beyond a Historic Rivalry Chapter 7 Remaking Revenge: Transnational Television Drama Flows and the Remaking of the Korean Drama Mawang in Japan Part 3 Franchises and Formats Chapter 8 Media Mix: Theorizing and Historicizing Japanese Franchising Chapter 9 Nihilistamina: Gloomy Heroisms in Contemporary Anime Chapter 10 A Television Flagship Sailing the Currents of a Changing Media World: NHK’s Morning Drama (asadora) in the 21st Century Part 4 Gender and Media Chapter 11 Japanese Popular Fiction: Constraint, Violence and Freedom in Kirino Natsuo’s Out Chapter 12 Intersections of Difference: Sex, Gender and Disability in Japanese Visual Media Chapter 13 Marketing Men (,) Silencing Men: The Sapporo Beer-Mifune Campaign and Perspectives on Gender in Japanese Advertising Chapter 14 Japanese Men’s Magazines: (Re)producing Hybrid Masculinities Part 5 Audiences and Users Chapter 15 Japanese Audiences, and Japanese Audience Studies Chapter 16 The Serious Business of Song: Karaoke as Discipline and Industry in Japan Chapter 17 Studying Digital Media in the Diasporic Transnationalism Context: The Case of International Migrants in Japan Index This handbook brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts that are less well known or studied.-- Provided by publisher