Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity....Pages 1-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
The Jimusho System: Understanding the Production Logic of the Japanese Entertainment Industry....Pages 35-55
Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal....Pages 56-71
Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising, Idols, and the Making of Fan Audiences....Pages 72-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Johnny’s Idols as Icons: Female Desires to Fantasize and Consume Male Idol Images....Pages 97-112
From Boys Next Door to Boys’ Love: Gender Performance in Japanese Male Idol Media....Pages 113-130
The Homo Cultures of Iconic Personality in Japan: Mishima Yukio and Misora Hibari....Pages 131-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Idol as Accidental Activist: Agnes Chan, Feminism, and Motherhood in Japan....Pages 153-165
Emotions, Desires, and Fantasies: What Idolizing Means for Yon-sama Fans in Japan....Pages 166-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Idols: The Image of Desire in Japanese Consumer Capitalism....Pages 185-208
The Virtual Idol: Producing and Consuming Digital Femininity....Pages 209-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-239