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Author Kinsella, Sharon, 1969-

Title Adult manga : culture and power in contemporary Japanese society / Sharon Kinsella
Published London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Series ConsumAsiaN book series
ConsumAsiaN book series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 A Short History of Manga; 2 The Manga Production Cycle; 3 Adult Manga and the Regeneration of National Culture; 4 Amateur Manga Subculture and the otaku panic; 5 The Movement Against Manga; 6 Creative Editors and Unusable Artists; 7 Conclusion: The Source of Intellectual Power in a Late Twentieth-Century Society; Notes; References; Index
Summary "Adult Manga describes and analyses the rise and fall of the mammoth Japanese comic book industry since the 1960s and the complex new attitudes towards manga in Japan since the 1980s. Topics covered include the recent revival of manga censorship and the moral panic surrounding manga otaku, the repression of the amateur manga subculture and the promotion of certain genres of manga by educational and cultural institutions, changes in the intellectual relationship between manga artists and publishing company editors, and the assimilation of manga into national culture. This provocative and timely book shows how manga's status in Japanese society is linked to changes in the balance of power between artists and editors."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index
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Subject Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- Japan
Power (Social sciences) -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects
Manners and customs
Power (Social sciences)
SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069584
Subject Japan
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1135798095
9781135798093
9781135798086
1135798087
9780203347140
0203347145