Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon

by Joseph Tobin

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Pokemon in a transnational and multidisciplinary perspective.

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Joseph Tobin is the Nadine Mathis Basha Professor of Early Childhood Education at Arizona State University

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