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Contents<br />

List of Illustrations vii<br />

Foreword: Revisiting “Idology” viii<br />

Acknowledgments x<br />

Notes on Contributors xiii<br />

Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity 1<br />

Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin<br />

Part I Systems<br />

1 The Jimusho System: Understanding the Production<br />

Logic of the Japanese Entertainment Industry 35<br />

W. David Marx<br />

2 Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan:<br />

The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal 56<br />

Igor Prusa<br />

3 Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Television Advertising,<br />

Idols, and the Making of Fan Audiences 72<br />

JasonG.Karlin<br />

Part II Desire<br />

4 Johnny’s Idols as Icons: Female Desires to Fantasize<br />

and Consume Male Idol Images 97<br />

Kazumi Nagaike<br />

5 From Boys Next Door to Boys’ Love: Gender<br />

Performance in Japanese Male Idol Media 113<br />

Lucy Glasspool<br />

6 The Homo Cultures of Iconic Personality in Japan:<br />

Mishima Yukio and Misora Hibari 131<br />

Jonathan D. Mackintosh<br />

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