Rewriting history in manga : stories for the nation

Author(s)

• Otmazgin, Nissim
• Suter, Rebecca

Bibliographic Information

Rewriting history in manga : stories for the nation

Nissim Otmazgin, Rebecca Suter, editors

（East Asian popular culture）

Palgrave Macmillan, c2016

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book analyzes the role of manga in contemporary Japanese political expression and debate, and explores its role in propagating new perceptions regarding Japanese history.

Table of Contents

Preface.- 1 Introduction: Manga as "Banal Memory".- Part I: Historicizing Political Manga.- 2 Kitazawa Rakuten as Popular Culture Provocateur: Modern Manga Images and Riotous Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Japan.- 3 Early Meiji Manga: the Political Cartoons of Kanagaki Robun and Kawanabe Kyosai.- Part II: Postwar Manga as History.- 4 Bodies of Anger: Atomic Survivors in Nakazawa Keiji's Hit By Black Rain Manga.- 5 Redacting Japanese History: Ishinomori Shotaro's Graphic Narratives.- 6 Manga, History and Telling Stories of the Past: Narrative Strategies in Shanao Yoshitsune.- Part III: Decoding and Recoding History: Manga Reception and Parody.- 7 Decoding "Hate the Korean Wave" and "Introduction to China": A Case Study of Japanese University Students.- 8 History as Sexualized Parody: Love and Sex Between Nation in Axis Power Hetalia.- Conclusion: Reassessing Manga History, Resituating Manga in History

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB21927947
• ISBN:
  • 9781137554789
• LCCN: 2016941890
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 191 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 741.5952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Comic books, strips, etc. -- Political aspects -- Japan
  • LCSH : History in art
  • LCSH : Art and society -- Japan -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB21927889