Millennial monsters : Japanese toys and the global imagination / Anne Allison ; foreword by Gary Cross.

Author/creator Allison, Anne, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxxii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

SeriesAsia--local studies/global themes ; 13
Asia--local studies/global themes 13. ^A671633
Contents Enchanted commodities -- From ashes to cyborgs : the era of reconstruction (1945-1960) -- Millennial Japan : intimate alienation and new age intimacies -- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : the first crossover superheroes -- Fierce flesh : sexy schoolgirls in the action fantasy of Sailor Moon -- Tamagotchi : the prosthetics of presence -- Pokémon : getting monsters and communicating capitalism -- "Gotta catch 'em all" : the Pokémonization of America (and the world).
General note"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. [i].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
LCCN 2005025770
ISBN0520221486 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520245652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520245655

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN635.J2 A55 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold