Mangatopia : essays on manga and anime in the modern world / Timothy Perper and Martha Cornog, editors.

• 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.

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Anime  (sao)

Manga  (sao)

Comic books, strips, etc.  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Animated films  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Animated television programs  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Popular culture  -- Japanese influences. (LCSH)

Animated films.  (fast)

Animated television programs.  (fast)

Comic books, strips, etc.  (fast)

Populärkultur  -- influenser (sao)

Popular culture  -- Japanese influences. (fast)

Japan  (sao)

Japan.  (fast)

Genre

Analys och tolkning  (saogf)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

Klassifikation

NC1764.5.J3 (LCC)

741.5/952 (DDC)

G.05 (kssb/8 (machine generated))