Pornography, ideology, and the internet : a Japanese adult video actress in mainland China
Pornography in popular culture
Lexington Books
2019
EISBN 149856089X
Cover.
Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet.
Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet: A Japanese Adult Video Actress in Mainland China.
Copyright page.
Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1.
Sola in Japan.
Japanese AV Industry Overview.
Vibrant, Innocent, and Obedient Femininity.
An "Ordinary" Girl in Adult Magazines.
Gender Ideology in Japan.
Sola's Rankings.
AV Actresses as "Unordinary" Idols.
Sola's Efforts to Transcend Social Division.
The Tension between Off/scenity and On/scenity.
Notes.
Chapter 2.
Sola as a Weapon of Resistance for Chinese Internet Users.
Pornography in the Chinese Context.
Two Stages of Sola's Arrival in China.
Sola as a New Weapon of Resistance.
The Extension of the Gentle Submissive Japanese Femininity.
Reconsideration of the Creolization Paradigm.
Note.
Chapter 3.
Two Chinese Agencies Repositioning Sola.
Establishment and Organization.
The Invention of Sola.
Sola as a Symbol of Commercial Value.
Sola as a Means to Promote Other Artists.
Power Relations between Ushida and Yang.
Sola's Agency.
Transformative Intermediaries.
Notes.
Chapter 4.
A Case of Promotion.
Celebrity and Media.
About Let Me Go.
Intervention in Public Opinion.
Timing Decisions in a Complex Political Context.
Interviews.
Four Types of Deleted Questions.
Three Types of Permitted Questions.
Movie Publicizing.
What Does the Manipulation of Commercial News Portals Imply?.
Note.
Chapter 5.
Sola's Image Transformation.
Sola's "Japaneseness" and "Chineseness".
AV Actresses and Vulgarization.
"A Moving Equilibrium".
Note.
Chapter 6.
Sola's Image Transformation and Chinese Youth's Identity.
Chinese Youth as Consumers.
Dominant Reading: A Symbol of Vulgar Taste.
Sola as a Model of Upward Mobility.
Diaosi and Chinese Young Netizens.
Diaosi and Online Celebrities.
Notes.
Chapter 7.
Sola Going Back to Japan as "The Most Famous Japanese in China".
Increasing Visibility in National Newspapers.
The CCP's "Anti-Japan Education" and Japanese Soft Power.
A "Teacher" on Contemporary China.
A Successful Business Model.
The Interview with a Fan.
The Differences between Sola's Events in Japan and in China.
The Blurring of the Center and the Periphery.
Note.
Conclusion.
Implications of the Study.
Limitations and Future Research.
Japanese Glossary.
Names of Celebrities.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
This book investigates how a Japanese pornographic star can be treated as a cultural product and can be a window into the effects of the cross-cultural migration of cultural products. This in turn reveals that the transformative intermediaries play a significant role in the transformation of cultural products in China.
Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet.
Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet: A Japanese Adult Video Actress in Mainland China.
Copyright page.
Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1.
Sola in Japan.
Japanese AV Industry Overview.
Vibrant, Innocent, and Obedient Femininity.
An "Ordinary" Girl in Adult Magazines.
Gender Ideology in Japan.
Sola's Rankings.
AV Actresses as "Unordinary" Idols.
Sola's Efforts to Transcend Social Division.
The Tension between Off/scenity and On/scenity.
Notes.
Chapter 2.
Sola as a Weapon of Resistance for Chinese Internet Users.
Pornography in the Chinese Context.
Two Stages of Sola's Arrival in China.
Sola as a New Weapon of Resistance.
The Extension of the Gentle Submissive Japanese Femininity.
Reconsideration of the Creolization Paradigm.
Note.
Chapter 3.
Two Chinese Agencies Repositioning Sola.
Establishment and Organization.
The Invention of Sola.
Sola as a Symbol of Commercial Value.
Sola as a Means to Promote Other Artists.
Power Relations between Ushida and Yang.
Sola's Agency.
Transformative Intermediaries.
Notes.
Chapter 4.
A Case of Promotion.
Celebrity and Media.
About Let Me Go.
Intervention in Public Opinion.
Timing Decisions in a Complex Political Context.
Interviews.
Four Types of Deleted Questions.
Three Types of Permitted Questions.
Movie Publicizing.
What Does the Manipulation of Commercial News Portals Imply?.
Note.
Chapter 5.
Sola's Image Transformation.
Sola's "Japaneseness" and "Chineseness".
AV Actresses and Vulgarization.
"A Moving Equilibrium".
Note.
Chapter 6.
Sola's Image Transformation and Chinese Youth's Identity.
Chinese Youth as Consumers.
Dominant Reading: A Symbol of Vulgar Taste.
Sola as a Model of Upward Mobility.
Diaosi and Chinese Young Netizens.
Diaosi and Online Celebrities.
Notes.
Chapter 7.
Sola Going Back to Japan as "The Most Famous Japanese in China".
Increasing Visibility in National Newspapers.
The CCP's "Anti-Japan Education" and Japanese Soft Power.
A "Teacher" on Contemporary China.
A Successful Business Model.
The Interview with a Fan.
The Differences between Sola's Events in Japan and in China.
The Blurring of the Center and the Periphery.
Note.
Conclusion.
Implications of the Study.
Limitations and Future Research.
Japanese Glossary.
Names of Celebrities.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
This book investigates how a Japanese pornographic star can be treated as a cultural product and can be a window into the effects of the cross-cultural migration of cultural products. This in turn reveals that the transformative intermediaries play a significant role in the transformation of cultural products in China.
