1st Edition

Adult Manga Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society

By Sharon Kinsella Copyright 2000
    244 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 A Short History of Manga; Chapter 2 The Manga Production Cycle; Chapter 3 Adult Manga and the Regeneration of National Culture; Chapter 4 Amateur Manga Subculture and the OtakuPanic; Chapter 5 The Movement Against Manga; Chapter 6 Creative Editors and Unusable Artists; Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Source of Intellectual Power in a Late Twentieth-Century Society;

    Biography

    Kinsella, Sharon

    'an analysis of the rise and fall of the mammoth manga industry since the 1960s and a study of the changing attitudes about manga.' - Japan Quarterly