Japanese Cybercultures (Asia's Transformations/Asia.com)

by Nanette Gottlieb (Editor), Mark McLelland (Editor)

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Japan is rightly regarded as one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, yet the development and deployment of Internet technology in Japan has taken a different trajectory compared with Western nations. This is the first book to look at the specific dynamics of Japanese Internet use.

It examines the crucial questions:
* how the Japanese are using the Internet: from the prevalence of access via portable devices, to the fashion culture of mobile phones
* how Japan's "cute culture" has colonized cyberspace
* the role of the Internet in different musical subcultures
* how different men's and women's groups have embraced technology to highlight problems of harassment and bullying
* the social, cultural and political impacts of the Internet on Japanese society
* how marginalized groups in Japanese society - gay men, those living with AIDS, members of new religious groups and Japan's hereditary sub-caste, the Burakumin - are challenging the mainstream by using the Internet.

Examined from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, using a broad range of case-studies, this is an exciting and genuinely cutting-edge book which breaks new ground in Japanese studies and will be of value to anyone interested in Japanese culture, the Internet and cyberculture.

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"This books, with its wide range of subject matter, rich details, and informative analysis is a fascinating snapshot, not only of the varieties of Japanese cybercultures, but also of many Japanese subcultures and of contemporary Japanese culture overall....[It] provides a useful portrait of a complex society struggling with the manifold effects of a vitally important social and technological phenomenon."
-"Journal of Japanese Studies

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Mark McLelland and Nanette Gottlieb are both at the University of Queensland, Australia. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Series: Asia's Transformations/Asia.com
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Routledge (January 17, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415279186
ISBN-13: 978-0415279185
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,992,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14021 in Books > History > Asia > Japan
- #18584 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > History > Asia
- #28058 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Asian

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