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A Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery
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Norris, CJ, A Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery, Transformative Works and Cultures, 14 pp. 1-16. ISSN 1941-2258 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3983/twc.2013.0470
Abstract
In this article I explore how the Ross Bakery Inn and Ross Village Bakery in Australia's
southernmost state of Tasmania has become the destination for a steady stream of Japanese
tourists who are fans of the popular Japanese anime Kiki's Delivery Service. The analysis of
these tourist-fans' playful and critical activities contributes to research within fan studies which
has explored the role of place and travel (see Hills 2002;; Couldry 2000, 2007;; Jenkins 2004)
as well as broader research around the types of skills and literacies emerging within fan and
youth media practices (Jenkins et al. 2006;; Knobel and Lankshear 2007;; Livingstone 2011;;
Black 2009;; Lyman et al. 2009;; Gee 2007). Through investigating the ways in which fans
articulate their experiences, identities, and motivations while visiting the Ross Bakery I will
suggest that, in addition to understanding the media's role in contributing to our perception
of place, we must also address the cultural and emotional contexts which underpin the appeal
of these media pilgrimages. Through analyzing visitors' comments in the Ross Bakery's guest
books I will reveal the cultural and emotional issues facing the Ross Bakery's status as a Kiki
media pilgrimage destination. Through this case study I will explore both the opportunities for
fresh perspectives of a location and the risks these places face if they fail to measure up to
an idealized fictional image. It is within the disjunctures and continuities between the fans'
virtual and real maps that this article will explore how fans use Kiki as a scaffold to interpret
their travel experiences.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Popular Culture, Pilgrimage, Tourism and Media, Japanese Anime, Manga and Anime Studies, fans, media scaffold, cult geography |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Communication and media studies |
Research Field: | Media studies |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | The media |
UTAS Author: | Norris, CJ (Dr Craig Norris) |
ID Code: | 86447 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2013-09-17 |
Last Modified: | 2018-02-17 |
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