{"product_id":"animes-knowledge-cultures-geek-otaku-zhai-paperback-softback-9781517916282","title":"Anime's Knowledge Cultures; Geek, Otaku, Zhai (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517916282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnime's Knowledge Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGeek, Otaku, Zhai\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJinying Li (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517916282\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 57 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Information-rich and theoretically sophisticated, \u003ci\u003eAnime’s Knowledge Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e engages the figure of the geek (or otaku or \u003ci\u003ezhai\u003c\/i\u003e) as a portal into understanding the information society and knowledge culture at large. Basing itself not only on Japan but also on China’s massive and increasingly influential consumers and producers of anime, comics, and games, Jinying Li’s book is one of the most compelling recent interventions into anime studies and global digital media studies, productively shifting our attention from a \u003ci\u003eknowledge work\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eknowledge culture\u003c\/i\u003e. A must-read book that is as informative as it is brilliant.\"-Marc Steinberg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Platform Economy: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"A brilliant contribution to an exciting and evolving subject, \u003ci\u003eAnime’s Knowledge Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e uses the lens of anime to explore ‘geekdom,’ one of the most significant sociocultural groups of our time. Jinying Li’s arguments are powerful and extremely thought-provoking, showing how the geek community impacts practically every moment of our waking lives as humanity endlessly engages with cyberspace.\"-Susan Napier, author of \u003ci\u003eMiyazakiworld: A Life in Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"An excellent resource for researchers in the fields of media studies or readers seeking to understand the transformative power of media, fandom, and globalization in the digital age.\"-\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eAnime’s Knowledge Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e] picks a unique, innovative perspective of looking at ACG [Animation, Comics, and Games] fandom, and has managed to establish a connecting network among ACG, technology, digital media, cyberspace and fan community. The knowledge, play and pleasure of geekdom is demonstrated in the form of cybernetic control and cybernetic affect. Whether you are an ACG geek or not, this book will refresh your views on this community and subculture.\"-\u003ci\u003eAnimation Studies 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnlocking the technosocial implications of global geek cultures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Why has anime, a “low-tech” medium from last century, suddenly become the cultural “new cool” in the information age? Through the lens of anime and its transnational fandom, Jinying Li explores the meanings and logics of “geekdom” as one of the most significant sociocultural groups of our time. In \u003ci\u003eAnime’s Knowledge Cultures,\u003c\/i\u003e Li shifts the center of global geography in knowledge culture from the computer boys in Silicon Valley to the anime fandom in East Asia.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Drawing from film studies, animation studies, media theories, fan studies, and area studies, she provides broad cultural and theoretical explanations of anime’s appeal to a new body of tech-savvy knowledge workers and consumers commonly known as geeks, otaku, or \u003ci\u003ezhai.\u003c\/i\u003e Examining the forms, techniques, and aesthetics of anime, as well as the organization, practices, and sensibilities of its fandom, \u003ci\u003eAnime’s Knowledge Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a theorization of anime as a media environment as well as a historical and cultural study of transnational geekdom as a knowledge culture. Li analyzes anime culture beyond the national and subcultural frameworks of Japan or Japanese otaku, instead theorizing anime’s transnational, transmedial network as the epitome of the postindustrial knowledge culture of global geekdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e By interrogating the connection between the anime boom and global geekdom, Li reshapes how we understand the meanings and significance of anime culture in relation to changing social and technological environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part I. The Knowledge Culture of Geekdom \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. Knowledge Is Power: From \u003ci\u003eAstro Boy\u003c\/i\u003e to China’s \u003ci\u003eZhai\u003c\/i\u003e Generation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Fansub: Language, Knowledge, and Communication Labor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eDanmaku\u003c\/i\u003e: The Interface Affect of a Contact Zone \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part II. The Media Environment of Anime \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. The Mecha-Child: Myth, Innervation, and Techno-Intimacy \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Cybernetic Play: Seeking the “True End” in a Database Complex \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. The Framing Field: From Superflat Windows to Facebook Walls \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523155357976,"sku":"9781517916282","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/animes-knowledge-cultures-geek-otaku-zhai-paperback-softback-9781517916282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}