Adult Manga - Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society

'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 Informationen zum Autor Kinsella, Sharon Klappentext First detailed analysis of the phenomenon in English. Describes and analyses the complex new attitudes to manga since the 1980s. Provocative and timely, the book shows how manga's status in Japanese society is intimately linked to changes in the balance of power between artists and editors. Zusammenfassung First detailed analysis of the phenomenon in English. Describes and analyses the complex new attitudes to manga since the 1980s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Kinsella, Kinsella Sharon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2000
• EAN: 9780700710041
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1004-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: ConsumAsian Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Japan, Cultural Studies, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Graphic novel & Manga artwork, Graphic novel and Manga artwork