Japanese the Manga Way
By:"Wayne P. Lammers"
Published on 2004-11-01 by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
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This Book was ranked 27 by Google Books for keyword manga.
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
Manga and the Representation of Japanese History
By:"Roman Rosenbaum"
Published on 2013 by Routledge
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This Book was ranked 8 by Google Books for keyword manga.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
By:"Mark W. MacWilliams"
Published on 2014-12-18 by Routledge
Born of Japan's cultural encounter with Western entertainment media, manga (comic books or graphic novels) and anime (animated films) are two of the most universally recognized forms of contemporary mass culture. Because they tell stories through visual imagery, they vault over language barriers. Well suited to electronic transmission and distributed by Japan's globalized culture industry, they have become a powerful force in both the mediascape and the marketplace.This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms. The contributors explore the historical, cultural, sociological, and religious dimensions of manga and anime, and examine specific sub-genres, artists, and stylistics. The book also addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese new religious movements, Japanese Goth, nostalgia and Japanese pop, \
This Book was ranked 25 by Google Books for keyword manga.
