Craig Norris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig Norris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig |
| FAMILY NAME | Norris |
| SIGNATURE | NORRIS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6657-3467 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
It's soul destroying to be honest
Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery
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 sc…
Madman Entertainment
This article is part of a larger research project looking at the role of Australian media companies in sustaining fan and Australian investment in global popular culture. This article focuses on Madman Entertainment - one of the most successful DVD and merchandise distribution companies in Australia and the leading distributor of anime, with over 90 per cent of the market share. The article explores the ways in which Madman has become a part of t…
Exporting Japan’s culture
For well over a century Japan has been exporting aspects of its culture. Toward the end of the 19th century, World Fairs in Paris and elsewhere offered Japan an early opportunity to take that which was 'Japanesque' to the Western world. The first half of the 20th century saw Japanese culture - especially the Japanese language, various technologies and ideas about architecture, archaeology, infrastructure and how to run government - disseminated t…
Manga, anime and visual art culture
Manga and anime are at the centre of significant innovations and culturaldebates in Japan.While manga and anime are not identical fields manga canbe loosely defined as Japanese comic books, while anime encompasses thebreadth of Japanese animation they have become synonymous with a distinctJapanese contemporary visual culture and aesthetic in the eyes of manymedia and culture scholars and commentators around the world.While thischapter will refer …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of …
Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery
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 sc…
Exporting Japan’s culture
For well over a century Japan has been exporting aspects of its culture. Toward the end of the 19th century, World Fairs in Paris and elsewhere offered Japan an early opportunity to take that which was 'Japanesque' to the Western world. The first half of the 20th century saw Japanese culture - especially the Japanese language, various technologies and ideas about architecture, archaeology, infrastructure and how to run government - disseminated t…
Manga, anime and visual art culture
Manga and anime are at the centre of significant innovations and culturaldebates in Japan.While manga and anime are not identical fields manga canbe loosely defined as Japanese comic books, while anime encompasses thebreadth of Japanese animation they have become synonymous with a distinctJapanese contemporary visual culture and aesthetic in the eyes of manymedia and culture scholars and commentators around the world.While thischapter will refer …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of …
Madman Entertainment
This article is part of a larger research project looking at the role of Australian media companies in sustaining fan and Australian investment in global popular culture. This article focuses on Madman Entertainment - one of the most successful DVD and merchandise distribution companies in Australia and the leading distributor of anime, with over 90 per cent of the market share. The article explores the ways in which Madman has become a part of t…
Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery
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 sc…
It's soul destroying to be honest
Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Anime (4 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works)