The worlds of Japanese popular culture :  gender, shifting boundaries and global cultures / 
edited by D.P. Martinez. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York, NY, USA :  Cambridge University Press,  1998. 
 - xi, 212 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Contemporary Japanese society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Sumo in the popular culture of contemporary Japan /  Transformational magic /  Akira, postmodernism and resistance /  Japan\'s empty orchestras /  Vampires, psychic girls, flying women and sailor scouts /  Japanese women\'s magazines /  Nonchan\'s dream /  Media stories of bliss and mixed blessings /  Cult of Oguricap /  Soccer shinhatsubai /  Yamaguchi Masao --  Tom Gill --  Isolde Standish --  Bill Kelly --  Susan Napier --  Keiko Tanaka --  Paul A.S. Harvey --  Halldór Stefánsson --  Nagashima Nobuhiro --  Jonathan Watts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521637295 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture--Japan.<br/>Culture populaire--Japon.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Civilization--1945-<br/>Japon--Civilisation--1945-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0952 MAR