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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
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Japanese Culture and the Robot
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Defining the Robot
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The History of the Japanese Performing Robot
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Japanese Modernity and Technology
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Theatre and Performance Concepts Through Japanese Culture
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Performativity and Geinoh
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The Performing Object and Staging
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Double Vision
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Participatory Spectatorship
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In This Book
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Notes
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References
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2: Robotics and Representation
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Japanese Humanoid Research
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Japanese Robotics and Manga/Anime Culture
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Astro Boy Syndrome
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The Presence of the Japanese Humanoid
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Notes
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References
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3: Futuristic Spectacle: Robot Performances at Expos
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Robot Spectacle at the Japan World Expo, 1970
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Celebrating Japan´s Robots: The Tsukuba Exposition, 1985
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Nature and Technology: Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, 1990
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Integration and Fantasy: Expo 2005 in Aichi
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Cultural Essentialism and Dramaturgy: In Tokyo and on the Australian Tour, 2007
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Notes
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References
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4: The Anthropomorphic Robot and Artistic Expression
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Oriza Hirata´s Robot Theatre
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The Failure of Sayonara
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Hiroshi Ishiguro´s Android Experiments
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Cultural Affordance and Preconceived Outcomes
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Robots and Disillusionment
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Notes
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References
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5: Robots, Space, and Place
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Giant Robot Statues
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Dreams of a Giant Robot
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Robot Restaurant
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Notes
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References
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6: Hatsune Miku, Virtual Machine-Woman
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The Development of Hatsune Miku
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Japanese Fanzine Culture and Otaku
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Lolicon Manga and Otaku Desire
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Critique of the Otaku Imagination
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Kawaii and Female Idols
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Circuits of Signification: Otaku Sexuality
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Notes
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References
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7: Competition Robots: Empathy and Identification
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Robot Contests
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Robo-One
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The Puppet, the Puppeteer, and the Spectator
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Robots as Mediators
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Continuum: Organic Beings and Inanimate Objects
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The Human, the Monkey, the Robot, the Other
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Bacarobo and Humour
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Space, Community, and Audience
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Clowning and Forms of Comedy
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Satire and Modoki
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Notes
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References
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8: Robots that `Care´
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The Socially Assistive Robot
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Aibo´s Design
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Communication with Paro
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The Institutionalised Other
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Fandom: Living with Robots
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Notes
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References
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9: Epilogue: Staging a Robot Nation
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Notes
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References
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References
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Index
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