Manga An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives 1st Edition by Toni Johnson Woods 9780826429377 0826429378

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ISBN 10: 0826429378

ISBN 13: 9780826429377

Author: Toni Johnson Woods

Once upon a time, one had to read Japanese in order to enjoy manga. Today manga has become a global phenomenon, attracting audiences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The style has become so popular, in fact, that in the US and UK publishers are appropriating the manga style in a variety of print material, resulting in the birth of harlequin mangas which combine popular romance fiction titles with manga aesthetics. Comic publishers such as Dark Horse and DC Comics are translating Japanese “classics”, like Akira, into English. And of course it wasn’t long before Shakespeare received the manga treatment. So what is manga? Manga roughly translates as “whimsical pictures” and its long history can be traced all the way back to picture books of eighteenth century Japan. Today, it comes in two basic forms: anthology magazines (such as Shukan Shonen Jampu) that contain several serials and manga ‘books’ (tankobon) that collect long-running serials from the anthologies and reprint them in one volume. The anthologies contain several serials, generally appear weekly and are so thick, up to 800 pages, that they are colloquially known as phone books. Sold at newspaper stands and in convenience stores, they often attract crowds of people who gather to read their favorite magazine. Containing sections addressing the manga industry on an international scale, the different genres, formats and artists, as well the fans themselves, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives is an important collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, and provides a one-stop resource for all those who want to learn more about manga, as well as for anybody teaching a course on the subject.

Table of contents:

1 Manga: A Historical Overview

2 An Overview of Manga Genres

3 What Boys Will Be: A Study of Shōnen Manga

4 The “Beautiful Boy” in Japanese Girls’ Manga

5 Shōjo Manga in Japan and Abroad

Manga in Depth

6 Oishinbo’s Adventures in Eating: Food, Communication, and Culture in Japanese Comics

7 Osamu Tezuka’s Gekiga: Behind the Mask of Manga

8 A Look at Hikawa Kyōko’s Kanata kara

9 The Power of Truth: Gender and Sexuality in Manga

10 The Reluctant Messiah: Miyazaki Hayao’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Manga

Reading Manga

11 Japanese Visual Language: The Structure of Manga

12 International Singularity in Sequential Art: The Graphic Novel in the United States, Europe, and Japan

13 The Manga Polysystem: What Fans Want, Fans Get

Manga in the World

14 Hybrid Manga: Implications for the Global Knowledge Economy

15 Manga in Europe: A Short Study of Market and Fandom

16 Manga Shakespeare

17 The Manga Phenomenon in America

18 Manga in East Asia

19 The Manga Publishing Scene in Europe

20 Globalizing Manga: From Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond

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