Adult manga : culture and power in contemporary Japanese society / Sharon Kinsella.

Author
Kinsella, Sharon, 1969- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 2000.
Description
xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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      Summary note
      "Adult Manga describes and analyses the rise and fall of the mammoth Japanese comic book industry since the 1960s and the complex new attitudes towards manga in Japan since the 1980s. Topics covered include the recent revival of manga censorship and the moral panic surrounding manga otaku, the repression of the amateur manga subculture and the promotion of certain genres of manga by educational and cultural institutions, changes in the intellectual relationship between manga artists and publishing company editors, and the assimilation of manga into national culture. This provocative and timely book shows how manga's status in Japanese society is linked to changes in the balance of power between artists and editors."--BOOK JACKET.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
      Contents
      • Introduction
      • A short history of manga
      • The manga production cycle
      • Adult manga and the regeneration of national culture
      • Amateur manga subculture and the otaku panic
      • The movement against manga
      • Creative editors and unusable artists
      • Conclusion : the source of intellectual power in a late Twentieth-century society.
      ISBN
      • 0700710035 ((hbk.))
      • 9780700710034 ((hbk.))
      • 0700710043 ((pbk.))
      • 9780700710041 ((pbk.))
      OCLC
      42579410
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