Fanning the Flames

Fanning the FlamesA fascinating look at fans of a variety of popular culture phenomena in Japan. Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle aged female fans of a popular music star;

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Delivering the Visitor Experience is a practical guide to creating and managing the visitor experience in your museum

Explores contemporary expressions of these two genres

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He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA)

spatial literary studies

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Strategies for dealing with biotic and abiotic stresses

transnational and historical set of chapters

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This lavishly illustrated volume will delight both scholars and fans – as well as bringing the underappreciated Peckinpah to new audiences in a new millennium