Islands of Eight Million Smiles
Download or Read eBook Islands of Eight Million Smiles PDF written by Hiroshi Aoyagi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Hiroshi Aoyagi |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015060998542 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Islands of Eight Million Smiles by : Hiroshi Aoyagi
Book excerpt: Since the late 1960s a ubiquitous feature of popular culture in Japan has been the "idol," an attractive young actor packaged and promoted as an adolescent role model and exploited for marketing. This book offers ethnographic case studies on the symbolic qualities of idols and how they relate to the conceptualization of self among adolescents.
