Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society

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Routledge, 22 dic 2015 - 244 pagine
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.
 

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Introduction
1
1 A Short History of Manga
19
2 The Manga Production Cycle
50
3 Adult Manga and the Regeneration of National Culture
70
4 Amateur Manga Subculture and the otaku panic
102
5 The Movement Against Manga
139
6 Creative Editors and Unusable Artists
162
The Source of Intellectual Power in a Late TwentiethCentury Society
202
Notes
208
References
213
Index
224
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