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Lost at the Con

• An Ethnographic Piece on American Youth Culture
• By Rebecca Hackett

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Why Im Interested in Anime
-My friend Carl -Sailor Moon and my best friend
Michelle -My very own web comic!
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Okay, but why are they?
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What is Anime?A brief history

• Animes roots manga
• Early Anime Importation
• Robotech and 80s Anime
• The Anime Explosion

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My Mission

• To find out about how others participate in the
  sub-culture that is anime.
• To attend an anime convention
• Participant-Observation!

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Degrees of Participation

• Playing Video Games/Television
• Internet Involvement
• Clubs
• Conventions

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The Convention

• Where they are held?
• How they come together
• Who attends?
• How many people attend?
• What do people do at conventions?

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The Hygiene Rule

• You may laugh it off, but youll only end up
  gagging

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Cosplay

• The fashion show of conventions
• A chance to step into the spotlight

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The Rave aka Meltdown

• The Main Event
• Convention goers, unite!

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Interviews

• Alice
• My friends dont know anything about anime, so
  thats why I come here.
• Carl
• I decided that I was king of the dorks, and I
  didnt want to do it anymore.
• Naruto Group
• You can party and come hang out with people. You
  can mention every dorky thing you ever thought
  about, and everyone looks at you and goes, Yes!
  I think thats cool too! No matter what dorky
  thing you say, no one can call you a dork at an
  anime convention.

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Conclusions

• Self-proclaimed nerd-ism
• Stigma attachments
• Transitional identities
• No clear middle-class white culture
• Escapism and self-identification

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The End
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• This has been a Muskrat Production

Special thanks to everyone who helped make this
presentation possible!