The heterogeneity of maid cafés: Exploring object-oriented fandom in Japan
Maid cafés may be positioned as objects of (often oversimplified) fan communities in Japan; their heterogeneous qualities may be explored by presenting chronotopes with which they may be reconsidered. The problematics of viewing maid cafés in a homogeneous or reductive way (via iyashi-kei, "rel...
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Language: | English |
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Organization for Transformative Works
2014-06-01
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Series: | Transformative Works and Cultures |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0505 |