{"product_id":"shjo-across-media-jaqueline-berndt-9783030014841","title":"Sh\u0026#333;jo Across Media: Exploring Girl Practices in Contemporary Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the 2000s, the Japanese word \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e has gained global currency, accompanying the transcultural spread of other popular Japanese media such as manga and anime. The term refers to both a character type specifically, as well as commercial genres marketed to female audiences more generally. Through its diverse chapters this edited collection introduces the two main currents of \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e research: on the one hand, historical investigations of Japan's modern girl culture and its representations, informed by Japanese-studies and gender-studies concerns; on the other hand, explorations of the transcultural performativity of \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e as a crafted concept and affect-prone code, shaped by media studies, genre theory, and fan-culture research. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile acknowledging that \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e has mediated multiple discourses throughout the twentieth century--discourses on Japan and its modernity, consumption and consumerism, non-hegemonic gender, and also technology--this volume shifts the focus to \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e mediations, stretching from media by and for actual girls, to \u003ci\u003eshōjo\u003c\/i\u003e as media. As a result, the Japan-derived concept, while still situated, begins to offer possibilities for broader conceptualizations of girlness within the contemporary global digital mediascape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaqueline Berndt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030014843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030014841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.31d","brand":"Jaqueline Berndt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940731191551,"sku":"9783030014841","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2c6665b1-6a5e-49cd-97da-a04375336a3e.jpg?v=1681448867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shjo-across-media-jaqueline-berndt-9783030014841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}