Fanning the Flames -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Locating the Fans WILLIAM W. KELLY -- 1. B-Boys and B-Girls: Rap Fandom and Consumer Culture in Japan IAN CONDRY -- 2. Letters from the Heart: Negotiating Fan-Star Relationships in Japanese Popular Music CHRISTINE R. YANO -- 3. Buying Intimacy: Proximity and Exchange at a Japanese Rock Concert CAROLYN S. STEVENS -- 4. Sense and Sensibility at the Ballpark: What Fans Make of Professional Baseball in Modern Japan WILLIAM W. KELLY -- 5. It's a "Gottsan" World: The Role of the Patron in Sumo R. KENJI TIERNEY -- 6. Rakugo Fans at Play: Promoting the Art, Creating Community, Inventing Selves LORIE BRAU -- 7. Vinyl Record Collecting as Material Practice: The Japanese Case SHUHEI HOSOKAWA and HIDEAKI MATSUOKA -- 8. Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand: The Pleasure and Politics of Japan's Amateur Comics Community MATTHEW THORN -- Glossary of Japanese Terms -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Y.