Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture

Forward: Revisiting 'Idology'; H. Aoyagi Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity; P.W.Galbraith & J.G.Karlin PART I: SYSTEMS The Jimusho System: Understanding the Production Logic of the Japanese Entertainment Industry; W.D.Marx Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal; I.Prusa Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising, Idols and the Making of Fan Audiences; J.G.Karlin PART II: DESIRE Johnny's Idols as Icon: Female Desires to Fantasize and Consume Male Idol Images; K.Nagaike From Boys Next Door to Boys' Love: Gender Performance in Japanese Male Idol Media; L.Glasspool The Homo Cultures of Iconic Personality in Japan: Mishima Yukio and Misora Hibari; J.D.Mackintosh PART III: DIFFERENCE Idol as Accidental Activist: Agnes Chan, Feminism and Motherhood in Japan; A.Hambleton Emotions, Desires and Fantasy: What Idolizing Means for Yon-sama Fans in Japan; Ho Swee Lin PART IV: IMAGE Idols: The Image of Desire in Japanese Consumer Capitalism; P.W.Galbraith The Virtual Idol: Producing and Consuming Digital Femininity; D.Black Index