Holy anime! : Japan's view of Christianity
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Holy anime! : Japan's view of Christianity
Hamilton Books, c2017
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Christianity has been in Japan for five centuries, but embraced by less than one percent of the population. It's a complicated relationship, given the sudden appearance in Japan of Renaissance Catholicism which was utterly unlike the historic faiths of Shinto and Buddhism; Japan had to invent a word for "religion" since Japan did not share the west's reliance on faith in a personal God. Japan's views of this "outsider" religion resemble America's view of the "outsider" Islamic faith. Understanding this through the book Orientalism by Edward Said, Patrick Drazen samples depictions of Christianity in the popular Japanese media of comics and cartoons. The book begins with the work of postwar comics master Tezuka Osamu, with results that range from the comic to the revisionist to the blasphemous and obscene.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction
- Why this book Chapter 2: History of Christianity in Japan: It's Complicated Chapter 3: Christianity in Japanese Popular Culture through the Lens of Said's Orientalism Chapter 4: Christian References in the Manga of Tezuka Osamu Chapter 5: Crucifixion in Manga and Anime: The Good, The Bad and the Unreal Chapter 6: The Exorcists Chapter 7: Jinguru Beh! Christmas in Manga and Anime Chapter 8: Christian Weddings in Japan: Just Like In the Movies Chapter 9: Clergy Chapter 10: Nuns in Anime/Manga: Sisterhood Is Not So Powerful Chapter 11: Witch Hunter Robin: Love and Fear and a Side-Trip to Barack Obama Chapter 12: Japan's Most Famous Christian Martyr: Amakusa Shiro Chapter 13: Angels and Other Metaphors Chapter 14: The "Not Safe" Chapter Atogaki (Afterword) References
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