{"product_id":"millennial-monsters-9780520245655","title":"Millennial Monsters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allison manages to present these play commodities in a way that says something fresh about Japan, about the hoary notion of globalization, and about contemporary intersections of capitalism, culture, and pleasure. Millennial Monsters is clearly an important book - important because the subject is of such broad interest, and because Allison's analytic interpretation is clear, powerful, and provocative.\" - William Kelley, Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, Yale University\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Foreword  1. Enchanted Commodities 2. From Ashes to Cyborgs: The Era of Reconstruction (1945--1960) 3. Millennial Japan: Intimate Alienation and New Age Intimacies 4. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The First Crossover Superheroes 5. Fierce Flesh: Sexy Schoolgirls in the Action Fantasy of Sailor Moon 6. Tamagotchi: The Prosthetics of Presence 7. Pokemon: Getting Monsters and Communicating Capitalism 8. \"Gotta Catch 'Em All\": The Pokemonization of America (and the World)  Epilogue Notes References Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402825605463,"sku":"9780520245655","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520245655.jpg?v=1730481614","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/millennial-monsters-9780520245655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}