Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society

ISBN-13: 9780700710041 / Miękka / 2000 / 244 str.

Sharon Kinsella

Opis

First detailed analysis of the phenomenon in English. Describes and analyses the complex new attitudes to manga since the 1980s.

Recenzje

'an analysis of the rise and fall of the mammoth manga industry since the 1960s and a study of the changing attitudes about manga.' - Japan Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 A Short History of Manga; Chapter 2 The Manga Production Cycle; Chapter 3 Adult Manga and the Regeneration of National Culture; Chapter 4 Amateur Manga Subculture and the OtakuPanic; Chapter 5 The Movement Against Manga; Chapter 6 Creative Editors and Unusable Artists; Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Source of Intellectual Power in a Late Twentieth-Century Society;

O autorze

Kinsella, Sharon