Idols Up Close: Intensification and Subversion of the AKB48 System – A Conversation with Keiko Takeda
ContextThis interview is part of the 'Representation and Sexual Violence' dossier. It focuses on Japanese idol culture, from the mass-market system of AKB48 to so-called chika (underground or live) idols who perform in small venues and cultivate direct, repeated contact with fans. Drawing...
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2025
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | ContextThis interview is part of the 'Representation and Sexual Violence' dossier. It focuses on Japanese idol culture, from the mass-market system of AKB48 to so-called chika (underground or live) idols who perform in small venues and cultivate direct, repeated contact with fans. Drawing on long-term fieldwork since 2012 in chika idol scenes – including regular on-site observation and interviews with performers, producers, and fans – Keiko Takeda analyses these worlds within the framework o... |
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