“Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, [this book] offers an up-todate overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses more than 40 particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as, politics, society, and economics. As a result, more than being a time capsule of influential trends, this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it.”

 University of Minnesota Press, 264 pages

Note: Miriam Abelson earned her PhD in sociology at UO and was the 2013 CSWS Jane Grant Fellow. She is now an assistant professor at Portland State University.