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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255233903321

Titolo

Rewriting History in Manga : Stories for the Nation / / edited by Nissim Otmazgin, Rebecca Suter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137554789

9781137551436 (ebk)

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

East Asian Popular Culture, , 2634-5935

Disciplina

741.5952

Soggetti

Ethnology—Asia

Culture—Study and teaching

Youth—Social life and customs

Asia—Politics and government

Asian Culture

Cultural Theory

Youth Culture

Asian Politics

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Kyôsai -- 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 Shōtarō’s Graphic Narratives -- 6 Manga, History and Telling Stories of the Past: Narrative Strategies in Shanaô 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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the role of manga (Japanese comics) within contemporary Japanese public discourse, and explores its role in propagating new perceptions regarding Japanese history. Through the analysis of a variety of cases studies ranging from nineteenth century magazines to contemporary online comics and fandom, it focuses on the representations and interpretations of history in manga, and clarifies this medium’s interrelation with historical memory and political debate. Stories for the Nation delineates alternative modes of historical memory and expression as they are manifested and contested in manga, and argues for manga's potential to influence the historical and political views of wide audiences in Japan.