Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World

by Mizuko Ito and Athena Dixon

In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan's major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon. This timely volume investigates how this once marginalized popular culture has come to play a major role in Japan's identity at home and abroad. In the American context, the word otaku is best translated as "geek"--an ardent fan with highly specialized knowledge and interests. But it is associated especially with fans of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300158645
• ISBN13: 9780300158649
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.1"