Fwd: "Japanese Transnational Fandoms and Female Consumers," special issue of Intersections

[Aaron Gerow]

Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: James Welker <jrwelker at mac.com>
>
> I'm passing along the table of contents of "Japanese Transnational  
> Fandoms and Female Consumers," the latest issue of the online  
> journal, Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the  
> Pacific, Issue 20 (April 2009), guest edited by Mark McLelland  
> (http://intersections.anu.edu.au), which I believe will be of  
> interest to many of you.
>
> Articles
>
>
> Introduction
>
> (A)cute Confusion: The Unpredictable Journey of Japanese Popular  
> Culture
> Mark McLelland
>
> Re-imagining the Otaku
>
> Eureka Discovers Culture Girls, Fujoshi, and BL: Essay Review of  
> Three Issues of the Japanese Literary magazine, Yuriika (Eureka)
> Tomoko Aoyama
>
> Train Man and the Gender Politics of Japanese 'Otaku' Culture: The  
> Rise of New Media, Nerd Heroes and Consumer Communities
> Alisa Freedman
>
> Game Girl: Re-imagining Japanese Gender and Gaming via Melbourne  
> Female Cosplayers
> Larissa Hjorth
>
> Selling Otaku? Mapping the Relationship between Industry and Fandom  
> in the Australian Cosplay Scene
> Craig Norris and Jason Bainbridge
>
> Transnational Bricolage: Gothic Lolita and the Political Economy of  
> Fashion
> Vera Mackie
>
> Boys Love Goes Global
>
> Elegant Caucasians, Amorous Arabs, and Invisible Others: Signs and  
> Images of Foreigners in Japanese BL Manga
> Kazumi Nagaike
>
> The Shared Imagination of Bishnen, Pan-East Asian Soft Masculinity:  
> Reading DBSK, Youtube.com and Transcultural New Media Consumption
> Sun Jung
>
> GloBLisation and Hybridisation: Publishers' Strategies for Bringing  
> Boys' Love to the United States
> Dru Pagliassotti
>
> Conflicting Discourses on Boys' Love and Subcultural Tactics in  
> Mainland China and Hong Kong
> Ting Liu
>
> Home-grown Shjo Manga and the Rise of Boys' Love among Germany's  
> 'Forty-Niners'
> Paul M. Malone
>
> Documentary
>
> On the Japanese Doll Complex: Introduction
> Katrien Jacobs
>
> On the Japanese Doll Complex: Four Noteworthy Incidents: Film
> Katrien Jacobs
>
> Book Reviews
>
> Richard Eves and Leslie Butt (eds)
> Making Sense of AIDS: Culture, Sexuality and Power in Melanesia
> reviewed by George Darroch
>
> Barbara Summerhawk and Kimberley Hughes (eds)
> Sparking Rain and Other Fiction from Japan of Women Who Love Women
> reviewed by James Welker
>
> Amy Hanser
> Service Encounters: Class, Gender and the Market for Social  
> Distinction in Urban China
> reviewed by James Coates
>
> Elise Tipton
> Modern Japan: A Social and Political History Second Edition
> reviewed by Kumiko Kawashima
>
> Arts Reviews
>
> Takao Kawaguchi and Fuyuki Yamakawa
> D.D.D.
> reviewed by J.W. Sew
>
> Contributors
>
> Books Received
>
>
> best regards,
>
> james
>
>
>
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> * James Welker
> * Fulbright-Hays Fellow (2008-2009)
> * Affiliated Researcher, Institute for Gender Studies
> * Ochanomizu Women's University, Tokyo
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> * PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Cultures
> * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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> * jwelker2 at illinois.edu (university) / jrwelker at mac.com (personal)
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