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The utopia of suburbia: the unchanging past and limitless future in Doraemon
- A. Benson
- Sociology
- 9 March 2015
Abstract The long-running Japanese children's media franchise Doraemon is commonly interpreted both inside and outside academic discourse as a representation of a positive vision of the future, an… Expand
Becoming Purikyua: Building the lifestyle-text in Japanese girls’ franchises
- A. Benson
- Sociology
- 2 January 2019
ABSTRACT The didactic elements of Japanese children’s media texts have assumed new forms alongside recent developments in franchising strategies. This paper argues that space-based franchising in… Expand
Entering ever-expanding worlds: Constructions of place and time in contemporary Japanese children’s cinema
- A. Benson
- Geography
- 1 May 2013
This thesis explores the constructions of place in contemporary Japanese children’s cinema. Based on a wide survey of Japanese children’s media, I focus on an in-depth examination of three case-study… Expand
Loss in the Land of Toys : Purikyua and the Marketing of Childhood Nostalgia
- A. Benson
- Business
- 1 March 2018
This paper explores the relationship between perpetual innovation and connection to an unchanging past in the media content and merchandising of the children’s series Purikyua. Using an… Expand