UID:
almahu_9949386673102882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1.
ISBN:
9781003007180
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100300718X
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9781000217292
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1000217299
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9781000217452
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1000217450
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9781000217377
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100021737X
Series Statement:
Routledge/Asian studies association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series
Content:
"This edited volume explores political motives, discourses and agendas in Japanese manga and graphic art with the objective of highlighting the agency of Japanese and wider Asian story-telling traditions within the context of global political traditions. Highly illustrated chapters presented here investigate the multifaceted relationship between Japan's political storytelling practices, media and bureaucratic discourse, as played out between both the visual arts and modern pop-cultural authors. From pioneering cartoonist Tezuka Osamu, contemporary manga artists such as Kotobuki Shiriagari and Fumiyo Kōno, to videogames and everyday merchandise, a wealth of source material is analysed using cross-genre techniques. Furthermore, the book resists claims that manga, unlike the bandes dessinées and American superhero comic traditions, is apolitical. On the contrary, contributors demonstrate that manga and the mediality of graphic arts have begun to actively incorporate political discourses, undermining hegemonic cultural constructs that support either the status quo, or emerging brands of neonationalism in Japanese society. The Representation of Politics in Manga will be a dynamic resource for students and scholars of Japanese studies, media and popular cultural studies, as well as practitioners in the graphic arts"-
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: the political potential of manga -- Manga and politics -- the visual literacy of statecraft -- Prolegomenon: are manga political? From the political cartoons to the politics of graphic art -- Educational versus political manga -- A brief history of politics in Japanese manga -- From local to global cartoon controversies: a brief dialectic
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Japan's own cartoon affair: Toshiko Hasumi and the Syrian refugee affair -- Manga as overt political artefact -- Conclusion -- Chapter overview -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Re-envisioning the Dark Valley and the decline of the peace state -- Introduction -- Media and memory -- Fan discussions on the intersection of pop culture and politics -- The Asia-Pacific War era in manga -- February 26th in fantasy manga -- Fantasy Februaries and the narrative allure of conspiracy and coups d'état -- Potential policy implications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References
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Chapter 3: Kobayashi Yoshinori's just war and unjust peace: Sensō ron, arrogant-ismand selective memory -- Introduction -- Purity, righteousness, and beauty in Kobayashi's-and Japan's-just war -- The just war's unjust peace and resulting societal breakdown -- Kobayashi's prescription: gōmanism (aka: arrogant-ism) -- Conclusion: Kobayashi's fugue state and Shinmin no michi (the path of the subject) -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Sexual politics in manga: Pan-Pan Girls confronting the US occupation, Vietnam War and Japan's Article 9 revision -- Introduction
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Pan-Pan Girls contesting the "workshop of democracy" -- Pan-Pan Girls advocating anti-Anpo and anti-Vietnam views -- Pan-Pan Girls sneering at the Article 9 revision -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: NEETs versus nuns: visualizing the moral panic of Japanese conservatives -- Introduction -- Christianity and the historical politics of alterity -- Overcoming Christianity in Shōnen media -- Redeeming Christianity in Josei Manga -- Outgrowing Christianity in Indie Manga -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: The body political: women and war in Kantai Collection
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Introduction -- Gameplay and ideology in Kantai Collection -- Militarising the female body -- Roles of women in Kantai Collection -- Sexual objects and 'changing fate': anime and manga adaptations -- KanColle and right-wing rhetoric -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Towards an unrestrained military: manga narratives of the self-defenceforces -- Introduction -- Historical background -- The self-defence forces and popular culture -- Aozakura: the story of the National Defense Academy -- Gate: Thus the Japan Self-Defense Forces Fought There -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780367439965
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367439964
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9781003007180
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003007180
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