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Acknowledgements |
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Contents |
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List of Figures |
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1: Introduction: The Japanese Robot and Performance |
12 |
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Japanese Culture and the Robot |
16 |
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Defining the Robot |
16 |
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The History of the Japanese Performing Robot |
18 |
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Japanese Modernity and Technology |
22 |
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Theatre and Performance Concepts Through Japanese Culture |
25 |
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Performativity and Geinoh |
25 |
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The Performing Object and Staging |
27 |
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Double Vision |
29 |
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Participatory Spectatorship |
29 |
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In This Book |
32 |
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Notes |
35 |
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References |
39 |
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2: Robotics and Representation |
48 |
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Japanese Humanoid Research |
53 |
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Japanese Robotics and Manga/Anime Culture |
56 |
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Astro Boy Syndrome |
60 |
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The Presence of the Japanese Humanoid |
62 |
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Notes |
65 |
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References |
67 |
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3: Futuristic Spectacle: Robot Performances at Expos |
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Robot Spectacle at the Japan World Expo, 1970 |
76 |
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Celebrating Japan´s Robots: The Tsukuba Exposition, 1985 |
80 |
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Nature and Technology: Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, 1990 |
82 |
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Integration and Fantasy: Expo 2005 in Aichi |
84 |
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Cultural Essentialism and Dramaturgy: In Tokyo and on the Australian Tour, 2007 |
86 |
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Notes |
94 |
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References |
96 |
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4: The Anthropomorphic Robot and Artistic Expression |
100 |
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Oriza Hirata´s Robot Theatre |
102 |
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The Failure of Sayonara |
107 |
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Hiroshi Ishiguro´s Android Experiments |
109 |
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Cultural Affordance and Preconceived Outcomes |
115 |
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Robots and Disillusionment |
117 |
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Notes |
121 |
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References |
123 |
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5: Robots, Space, and Place |
127 |
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Giant Robot Statues |
128 |
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Dreams of a Giant Robot |
133 |
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Robot Restaurant |
138 |
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Notes |
144 |
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References |
144 |
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6: Hatsune Miku, Virtual Machine-Woman |
149 |
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The Development of Hatsune Miku |
151 |
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Japanese Fanzine Culture and Otaku |
154 |
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Lolicon Manga and Otaku Desire |
157 |
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Critique of the Otaku Imagination |
159 |
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Kawaii and Female Idols |
161 |
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Circuits of Signification: Otaku Sexuality |
167 |
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Notes |
169 |
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References |
172 |
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7: Competition Robots: Empathy and Identification |
177 |
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Robot Contests |
178 |
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Robo-One |
179 |
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The Puppet, the Puppeteer, and the Spectator |
181 |
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Robots as Mediators |
183 |
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Continuum: Organic Beings and Inanimate Objects |
185 |
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The Human, the Monkey, the Robot, the Other |
186 |
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Bacarobo and Humour |
188 |
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Space, Community, and Audience |
190 |
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Clowning and Forms of Comedy |
192 |
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Satire and Modoki |
194 |
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Notes |
195 |
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References |
198 |
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8: Robots that `Care´ |
200 |
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The Socially Assistive Robot |
201 |
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Aibo´s Design |
206 |
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Communication with Paro |
210 |
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The Institutionalised Other |
213 |
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Fandom: Living with Robots |
215 |
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Notes |
217 |
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References |
220 |
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9: Epilogue: Staging a Robot Nation |
226 |
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Notes |
232 |
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References |
233 |
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References |
234 |
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Index |
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