Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7531997
AutoresCraig Norris (0000-0001-6657-3467, University of Tasmania, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen14
Fecha de publicación2013-09-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransformative Works and Cultures (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1941-2258 • E-ISSN: 1941-2258
EditorialOrganization for Transformative Works (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3983/twc.2013.0470
OpenAlexW1573226503
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

A small bakery in regional Tasmania, Australia, has been reimagined as a pop culture destination by Japanese tourists who claim it is the inspiration for a key location in the anime Kiki's Delivery Service. To understand how and why Japanese tourists have located this bakery in the imaginary world of Kiki, two processes are explored: the media pilgrimage, where fans bridge their ordinary reality and enter the special media world, and the media scaffold, where Kiki becomes a way to interpret the world around them

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