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""Amid the controversies in the Japanese idol industry, the importance of this book cannot be overstated. Through its careful analysis of the role of male idols in the Japanese national imagination, it reveals how models of masculinity in Japan circulate and are reproduced in the media."" --Jason G. Karlin, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan ""In Beyond the Male Idol Factory, Mandujano-Salazar provides an engaging analysis of the symbolic and ideological roles of male idols in modern-day Japan. This book is an indispensable resource for scholars and students seeking a deeper understanding of celebrity culture in the Asian context."" --Yuen Shu Min, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Yunuen Ysela Mandujano-Salazar is a professor and researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, member of the Mexican National System of Researchers.

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