This book identify key challenges in using Japanese popular culture materials in research and teaching. Issues covered include the availability of unofficially translated and distributed Japanese material; the emphasis on adult-themes, violence, and under-age characters; and the discrepancies in legislation and ratings systems across the world.
Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the King of Lolicon: An Interview with Uchiyama Aki
Mark McLelland is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Wollongong, Australia and a former Toyota Visiting Professor of Japanese at the University of Michigan, USA. His recent publications include Love, Sex and Democracy in Japan during the American Occupation (2012); and The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia, edited with Vera Mackie (Routledge, 2015).