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Tag Archives: media
Book Announcement: The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan
The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan Paul Roquet Although virtual reality promises to immerse a person in another world, its true power lies in its ability to sever a person’s spatial situatedness in this one. This is especially clear … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, digital technologies, Japan, Japanese culture, media, media studies, militarism, soiety, techno realities, technology, virtual reality, VR
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Book Announcement: Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia
Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia Edited by James Welker The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, BL, book announcement, books, boys' love, comics, east asia, fan studies, Japan, manga, media, media studies, queer studies, South Asia, Southeast Asia
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Book Announcement: Japan’s Contemporary Media Culture between Local and Global: Content, Practice and Theory
Japan’s Contemporary Media Culture between Local and Global: Content, Practice and Theory Martin Roth, Hiroshi Yoshida and Martin Picard (Eds.) This collection features a wide range of inquiries into Japan’s contemporary media culture, situating popular media content and its related … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, global, Japan, local, media, media culture, media studies, popular culture, popular media
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Book Announcement: Okada Toshiki & Japanese Theatre
Okada Toshiki & Japanese Theatre Edited by Peter Eckersall, Barbara Geilhorn, Andreas Regelsberger and Cody Poulton Playwright, novelist and theatre director Okada Toshiki is one of the most important voices of the current generation of Japanese contemporary theatre makers. He … Continue reading
Resource: Japanese Animated Film Classics
There’s no doubt that Japanese animation is now everywhere, from popular media we consume on Netflix to splashing across the big screen. But where did animated film begin? What kind of works were created? One great resource for exploring the … Continue reading
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Tagged film, film studies, Japanese film, media, media studies, movies
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Book Announcement: Eight Dogs, or “Hakkenden” Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest
Eight Dogs, or “Hakkenden” Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest by Kyokutei Bakin Translated by Glynne Walley Kyokutei Bakin’s Nansō Satomi hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of … Continue reading
Resource: Radio Garden for Japanese listening
Lifelong Japanese language learners are often looking for ways to integrate listening practice into their daily lives, whether it’s movies, podcasts, anime, TV shows, or other media we tend to download. One cool project, Radio Garden, offers another option: tuning … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Maiko Masquerade: Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan
Maiko Masquerade: Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japanby Jan Bardsley Maiko Masquerade explores Japanese representations of the maiko, or apprentice geisha, in films, manga, and other popular media as an icon of exemplary girlhood. Jan Bardsley traces how the maiko, long stigmatized … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, gender, gender history, gender studies, Japan, Kyoto, maiko, media, popular culture, popular media, women
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Japan and East Asian Studies Podcasts
Let’s face it, there are a ton of podcasts out there on Japanese language, culture, history, current events, and Japan in general. Few of us have the time to dig through them all and sort out what’s what. The subgenres … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, interviews, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, japanese studies, media, podcasts, publications, research
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Resource: Historical Sound Recordings from the National Diet Library
As the digitization of resources grows, it’s important remember that not everything is visual! At the end of 2019 Japan’s National Diet Library announced that it had added 1,000 new recordings to its already substantial database of historical sound recordings. … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Japan, Japanese media, media, multimedia, preservation, recording, sound
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