the fi rst place remains highly contested. Similarly, certain authors discuss the constructed nature of the category of otaku (Yamanaka, Kamm, Kam), while others question the utility of concepts such as “reality” (Aida) altogether. These efforts necessarily clash with the received wisdom of Japanese scholars such as Ōtsuka and Okada, which the book presents as historically signifi cant. While this tension is productive, it does leave readers wondering whether there is a clear history and evolution of otaku discourse, or whether the entire conversation needs to be called into question. Taken as a whole, Debating Otaku sets a high bar for quality and is strongly recommended for grasping the historical evolution of the term, its perception in Japan, and the various discourses that shaped and continue to shape its legacy. With a wealth of Japanese-language material available for the fi rst time in English and new scholarly texts, this volume’s signifi cance lies not only in its new insights into a category many may take for granted, but also in the tensions and elisions it exposes within key theoretical works about otaku by scholars such as Ōtsuka Eiji, Azuma Hiroki, Morikawa Ka’ichirō, and Saito Tamaki. Read alongside these original works, Debating Otaku is a powerful companion that contributes to the growing body of scholarship about one of Japan’s most widely known yet still enigmatic fi gures.

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罗生门效应：黑泽明、罗生门及其遗产编辑。作者：布莱尔·戴维斯、罗伯特·安德森、简·沃尔斯

第一名的竞争仍然激烈。类似地，某些作者讨论了宅男（Yamanaka、Kamm、Kam）类别的构建性质，而其他人则完全质疑诸如“现实”（Aida）之类的概念的效用。这些努力必然与大冢和冈田等日本学者的公认智慧发生冲突，本书将其视为具有历史意义的。虽然这种张力很有成效，但它确实让读者想知道御宅族话语是否有明确的历史和演变，或者是否需要质疑整个对话。总体而言，《辩论御宅族》对质量设定了很高的标准，强烈建议您了解该术语的历史演变、它在日本的看法以及塑造并继续塑造其遗产的各种话语。本书首次以英文和新的学术文本提供了大量日语材料，其意义不仅在于它对许多人认为理所当然的类别的新见解，还在于它所暴露的紧张和省略大冢英二、东博树、森川嘉一郎和斋藤玉木等学者的关于御宅的重要理论著作中。与这些原创作品一起阅读，辩论宅男是一个强大的伴侣，它有助于越来越多的关于日本最广为人知但仍然神秘的人物之一的学术研究。但在大冢英二、Azuma Hiroki、Morikawa Ka'ichirō 和 Saito Tamaki 等学者关于御宅的关键理论著作中，它也暴露了紧张和省略。与这些原创作品一起阅读，辩论宅男是一个强大的伴侣，它有助于越来越多的关于日本最广为人知但仍然神秘的人物之一的学术研究。但在大冢英二、Azuma Hiroki、Morikawa Ka'ichirō 和 Saito Tamaki 等学者关于御宅的关键理论著作中，它也暴露了紧张和省略。与这些原创作品一起阅读，辩论宅男是一个强大的伴侣，它有助于越来越多的关于日本最广为人知但仍然神秘的人物之一的学术研究。