Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 295 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9783031008405
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3031008405
Inhalt:
1. Tojisha -- 2. Tojisha Narratives -- 3. Essay Manga -- 4. Okita Bakkas Gaki-Tame Series (2011-2013): A Memoir of a "Troublemaker" Aspie Girl -- 5. Nonami Tsunas Akira-san Series (2011-2017): A Memoir of a "Cassandra" Wife -- 6. Tanaka Keiichis Utsunuke (2017): An Ode to Depression Tojisha -- 7. Hosokawa Tentens Tsure utsu Series (2006-2013): A Couples Lived Experience of Depression -- 8. Shiramizu Sadakos Uchi no OCD (2015): A Collaborative Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- 9. Afterword.
Inhalt:
This book defines tojisha manga as Japans autobiographical comics in which the author recounts the experience of a mental or neurological condition in a unique medium of text and image. Yoshiko Okuyama argues that tojisha manga illuminate otherwise "faceless" individuals and humanize their invisible tribulations because the first-person narrative makes their lived experience more authentic and relatable to the reader. Part I introduces the evolution of the term tojisha, the tojisha movements, and other relevant social phenomena and concepts. Part II analyzes five representative titles to demonstrate the humanizing power of tojisha manga, drawing on interviews with the authors of these manga and examining how psychological or brain-related symptoms are artistically depicted in approximately 40 drawings. This book is highly recommended to not only scholars of disability studies and comic studies but also global fans of manga who are interested in the graphic memoirs of serious social issues. Yoshiko Okuyama is Professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA. Her recent publications include Japanese Mythology in Film: A Semiotic Approach to Reading Japanese Film and Anime (2015) and Reframing Disability in Manga (2020)
Anmerkung:
Includes index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783031008399
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 3031008391
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 3031008391
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783031008399
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
