Gender and authenticity in Japanese popular music: 1980-2000

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I came across this interesting article while researching and thought I'd share it, if anyone is interested. I haven't had the time to read it in its entirety yet, but from skimming through it, it seems to raise some interesting points. It's too large to post in LJ, so I uploaded it in a txt file, just right click + save.

Gender and authenticity in Japanese popular music: 1980-2000