Manga and the Representation of Japanese History
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Roman Rosenbaum
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- File Size: 4.6 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 297
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Manga and the Representation of Japanese History
Manga and the Representation of Japanese History is an edited collection that explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history.
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Book Overview: Manga and the Representation
This edited collection brings together scholars from literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics, narratology, and semiotics to examine the representation of history in Japanese manga. The contributors show how manga and graphic art rewrite, reinvent, and re-imagine the historicity of bygone epochs in postwar and contemporary Japan.
The book will interest students and scholars of Asian studies, Asian history, Japanese culture and society, and art and visual culture.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- How manga and graphic art represent and reinterpret Japanese history.
- Interdisciplinary approaches from literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics, narratology, and semiotics.
- Analyses of manga by Tezuka Osamu, Maruo Suehiro, Yasuhiko Yoshikazu, and Kobayashi Yoshinori.
- Themes including gendered violence, enforced military prostitution, Yasukuni, and Manchukuo.
- Adaptation of Chinese history into Japanese manga, animation, and video games.
- A selected research bibliography and index for further study.
Why Manga and the Representation of Japanese History Matters
Manga has a long and controversial historiographical dimension in Japan and has become one of the world’s most powerful modes of expressing contemporary historical verisimilitude. This volume provides an academic framework for understanding how graphic art rewrites and re-imagines Japan’s past.
Book Details
| Editor | Roman Rosenbaum |
|---|---|
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Series | Routledge Contemporary Japan Series |
| Series Number | 44 |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Pages | 297 |
| Format | |
| File Size | 4.6 MB |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-13 (Hardback) | 978-0-415-69423-0 |
| ISBN-13 (eBook) | 978-0-203-09781-6 |
| ASIN | B0B5FKVD67 |
| Dewey Decimal | 741.5’952 |
| LCCN | 2012010549 |
| LC Classification | NC1764.8.H57M36 2012 |
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Download Manga and the Representation of Japanese History now to explore this interdisciplinary study of manga and Japanese history.
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