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Japanese Visual Culture : Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (365 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317467007
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Japanese Visual CultureDDC classification:
  • 741.5/952
LOC classification:
  • NC1764.5.J3 -- J37 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Japan's New Visual Culture -- A Note on Language -- Introduction -- 1. Manga in Japanese History -- 2. Contemporary Anime in Japanese Pop Culture -- 3. Characters, Themes, and Narrative Patterns in the Manga of Osamu Tezuka -- 4. From Metropolis to Metoroporisu: The Changing Role of the Robot in Japanese and Western Cinema -- 5. Opening the Closed World of Shōjo Manga -- 6. Situating the Shōjo in Shōjo Manga: Teenage Girls, Romance Comics, and Contemporary Japanese Culture -- 7. Intellectuals, Cartoons, and Nationalism During the Russo-Japanese War -- 8. Framing Manga: On Narratives of the Second World War in Japanese Manga, 1957-1977 -- 9. Aum Shinrikyō and a Panic About Manga and Anime -- 10. Medieval Genealogies of Manga and Anime Horror -- 11. The Utopian "Power to Live": The Significance of the Miyazaki Phenomenon -- 12. Heart of Japaneseness: History and Nostalgia in Hayao -- 13. National History as Otaku Fantasy: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress -- 14. Considering Manga Discourse: Location, Ambiguity, Historicity -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Explores the historical, cultural, sociological, and religious dimensions of manga and anime, and examines specific sub-genres, artists, and stylistics. This book also addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese religious movements, Japanese Goth and nostalgia.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Japan's New Visual Culture -- A Note on Language -- Introduction -- 1. Manga in Japanese History -- 2. Contemporary Anime in Japanese Pop Culture -- 3. Characters, Themes, and Narrative Patterns in the Manga of Osamu Tezuka -- 4. From Metropolis to Metoroporisu: The Changing Role of the Robot in Japanese and Western Cinema -- 5. Opening the Closed World of Shōjo Manga -- 6. Situating the Shōjo in Shōjo Manga: Teenage Girls, Romance Comics, and Contemporary Japanese Culture -- 7. Intellectuals, Cartoons, and Nationalism During the Russo-Japanese War -- 8. Framing Manga: On Narratives of the Second World War in Japanese Manga, 1957-1977 -- 9. Aum Shinrikyō and a Panic About Manga and Anime -- 10. Medieval Genealogies of Manga and Anime Horror -- 11. The Utopian "Power to Live": The Significance of the Miyazaki Phenomenon -- 12. Heart of Japaneseness: History and Nostalgia in Hayao -- 13. National History as Otaku Fantasy: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress -- 14. Considering Manga Discourse: Location, Ambiguity, Historicity -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Explores the historical, cultural, sociological, and religious dimensions of manga and anime, and examines specific sub-genres, artists, and stylistics. This book also addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese religious movements, Japanese Goth and nostalgia.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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