Popular Mass Entertainment in Japan: Manga, Pachinko, and Cosplay

The Japanese, just like any other people of the world, love entertainment. In this article we discuss and analyze three kinds of popular, Japanese mass entertainment utilizing a semiotic approach. We are concerned with what and how manga (Japanese comics), pachinko (vertical Japanese pinball machine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Society (New Brunswick) 2014-02, Vol.51 (1), p.44-48
Hauptverfasser:	Ito, Kinko, Crutcher, Paul A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Animation Anime Artists Asian Culture Cartoons Consciousness Consumerism Consumption Cultural identity Cultural tradition Entertainment Females Gaming machines Girls Graphic novels History Japan Japanese culture Linguistic Theory Literary Genres Love Machinery Manga Manga literature Mass Media Novels Occupations Olympic games Performance art Political Science Popular culture Semiotics Social Class Social classes Social Sciences Society Sociology Symbols Symposium: Signs Tales Theater Tourism Traditions Translation Visual communication
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