Mark W. Macwilliams

Japanese Visual Culture (eBook, PDF)

Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Born of Japan's cultural encounter with Western entertainment media, manga (comic books or graphic novels) and anime (animated films) are two of the most universally recognized forms of contemporary mass culture. Because they tell stories through visual imagery, they vault over language barriers. Well suited to electronic transmission and distributed by Japan's globalized culture industry, they have become a powerful force in both the mediascape and the marketplace.This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms. The contributors explore the historical, cultural, sociological, and religious dimensions of manga and anime, and examine specific sub-genres, artists, and stylistics. The book also addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese new religious movements, Japanese Goth, nostalgia and Japanese pop, "cute" (kawali) subculture and comics for girls, and more. With illustrations throughout, it is a rich source for all scholars and fans of manga and anime as well as students of contemporary mass culture or Japanese culture and civilization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317467007
• Artikelnr.: 42045667

Autorenporträt

Mark W. MacWilliams

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Frederik L. Schodt; Introduction
Mark W. MacWilliams; 1. Manga in Japanese History
Kinko Ito; 2. Contemporary Anime in Japanese Pop Culture
Gilles Poitras; 3. Characters
Themes
and Narrative Patterns in the Manga of Osamu Tezuka
Susanne Phillips; 4. From Metropolis to Metoroporisu: The Changing Role of the Robot in Japanese and Western Cinema
Lee Makela; 5. Opening the Closed World of Shojo Manga
Mizuki Takahashi; 6. Situating the Shojo in Shojo Manga: Teenage Girls
Romance Comics
and Contemporary Japanese Culture
Deborah Shamoon; 7. Intellectuals
Cartoons
and Nationalism During the Russo-Japanese War
Yulia Mikhailova; 8. Framing Manga: On Narratives of the Second World War in Japanese Manga
1957-1977
Eldad Nakar; 9. Aum Shinrikyo and a Panic about Manga and Anime
Rich Gardner; 10. Medieval Genealogies of Manga Horror
Raj Pandey; 11. The Utopian "Power to Live": What the Miyazaki Phenomenon Signifies
Hiroshi Yamanaka; 12. Heart of Japaneseness: History and Nostalgia in Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away
Shiro Yoshioka; 13. National History as Otaku Fantasy: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress
Melek Ortabasi; 14. Considering Manga Discourse: Location
Ambiguity
Historicity
Jaqueline Berndt; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index.

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Foreword, Frederik L. Schodt; Introduction, Mark W. MacWilliams; 1. Manga in Japanese History, Kinko Ito; 2. Contemporary Anime in Japanese Pop Culture, Gilles Poitras; 3. Characters, Themes, and Narrative Patterns in the Manga of Osamu Tezuka, Susanne Phillips; 4. From Metropolis to Metoroporisu: The Changing Role of the Robot in Japanese and Western Cinema, Lee Makela; 5. Opening the Closed World of Shojo Manga, Mizuki Takahashi; 6. Situating the Shojo in Shojo Manga: Teenage Girls, Romance Comics, and Contemporary Japanese Culture, Deborah Shamoon; 7. Intellectuals, Cartoons, and Nationalism During the Russo-Japanese War, Yulia Mikhailova; 8. Framing Manga: On Narratives of the Second World War in Japanese Manga, 1957-1977, Eldad Nakar; 9. Aum Shinrikyo and a Panic about Manga and Anime, Rich Gardner; 10. Medieval Genealogies of Manga Horror, Raj Pandey; 11. The Utopian "Power to Live": What the Miyazaki Phenomenon Signifies, Hiroshi Yamanaka; 12. Heart of Japaneseness: History and Nostalgia in Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, Shiro Yoshioka; 13. National History as Otaku Fantasy: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress, Melek Ortabasi; 14. Considering Manga Discourse: Location, Ambiguity, Historicity, Jaqueline Berndt; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index.