Mangatopia : essays on manga and anime in the modern world
Publisher description: While Japanese manga and anime began to make inroads in Western culture about three decades ago, these art forms remained a subcultural phenomenon until the mid-1990s, when the increased distribution of translated manga and anime brought them into the mainstream. In 2007, U.S. sales of manga reached $210 million--evidence of a voracious and enthusiastic fan base. Today, anime and manga are extremely popular in the United States. Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World provides a sophisticated anthology of varied commentary from authors well versed in both formats. These essays provide insights unavailable on the Internet, giving the interested general reader in-depth information well beyond the basic, "Japanese Comics 101" level, and providing those who teach and write about manga and anime valuable knowledge to further expand their expertise
eBook, English, ©2011
Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, Calif., ©2011
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xx, 254 pages)
9781591589099, 9781283303538, 9786613303530, 1591589096, 1283303531, 6613303534
759597788
Acknowledgements
Introduction to a Semiotic Revolution: It May Not Be Kansas Anymore, but It Is the Kansai / Timothy Perper and Martha Cornog
pt. 1: Art in Contexts
Chikae Ide, The Queen of Japanese Ladies' Comics: Her Life and Work / Kinko Ito
Films on Paper: Cinematic Narrative in Gekiga / Deborah Shamoon
Dr. Tezuka's Ontology Laboratory and the Discovery of Japan / William L. Benzon
Heirs and Graces
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit in the Realm of Japanese Fantasy / Paul Jackson
pt. 2: Fanships and Art
Cosplay, Drag, and the Performance of Abjection / Frenchy Lunning
Love through a Different Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Other Sexualities Readers / Robin E. Brenner and Snow Wildsmith
Girls Doing Boys Doing Boys: Boys' Love, Masculinity, and Sexual Identities / Mark McHarry
Reading Right to Left: The Surprisingly Broad Appeal of Manga and Anime; or, "Wait a Minute" / Patrick Drazen
Part 3: Politics
Manga from Right to Left / Matthew Penney
All Life is Genocide: The Philosophical Pessimism of Osamu Tezuka / Ada Palmer
Believe in Comics: Forms of Expression in Barefoot Gen / Thomas LaMarre
Cultural Politics of J-Culture and "Soft Power": Tentative Remarks from a European Perspective / Marco Pellitteri
Afterword: It Isn't Kansai Anymore Either / Timothy Perper and Martha Cornog
Includes index
English