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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luke Sharp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2014-06-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
Subjects:
Moe
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0505