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| Author: Roland Kelts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 89204
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 140398476X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781403984760
ASIN: 140398476X
Publication Date: November 13, 2007
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Beyond Anime December 28, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Americans like to think that our culture sets the standard for the rest of the world; however, Kelts takes us beyond our narrow cultural lens to understand the pervasive influence of Japanese aesthetics on the US. Kelts has an engaging and provocative writing style that educates and entertains. This book will satisfy a wide group of readers, including students of popular culture, Japanophiles, and "otaku." As a member of the first group, I couldn't put it down.
Terrific! December 27, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
These are heady days for anime and manga as they occupy the mainstream spotlight. Japanophilia is on the rise. But how could a very singular culture (anime and manga riding the cultural tsunami wave) explode into an American phenomenon? Even the Japanese seem to be dumb founded.
Roland Kelts topical book _Japanamerica_ provides that answer. Clocking in at 223 pages (HC) it's a cultural treatise on steroids. _Japanamerica_ provides an intimate insider's look and overturns some long held myths. Highly recommended for the otaku and non-otaku alike.
Being a huge fan of anime, manga and all things Japanese for a long time, I loved this book!
A bibliography for the curious would have been useful.
Here's hoping for a sequel on the "world-wide" effects of Japanese pop culture.
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