Millennial Monsters

Release on 2006 | by Anne Allison

Throughout the long years of researching and writing Millennial Monsters, I have been grateful for the support of many colleagues: Hideko Abe, Jonathan Allum, Harumi Befu, Ted Bestor, Elizabeth Chin, Leo Ching, Ian Condry, Dwayne Dixon, ...

Millennial Monsters
  • Author: Anne Allison
  • Publisher: Univ of California Press
  • ISBN: 9780520221482
  • Category: History
  • Page: 332
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Millennial Monsters

Millennial Monsters explores the global popularity of Japanese consumer culture--including manga (comic books), anime (animation), video games, and toys--and questions the make-up of fantasies nand capitalism that have spurred the industry's growth.

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