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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781805103321

Titolo

Mechademia . 2 Networks of desire [[electronic resource] /] / Frenchy Lunning, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8166-5405-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Mechademia, , 1934-2489 ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

LunningFrenchy

Disciplina

306.095205

Soggetti

Popular culture - Japan

Comic books, strips, etc - Social aspects

Popular culture - Japanese influences

Animated films - Japan - History and criticism

Graphic arts - Japan

Design and technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An annual forum for anime, manga, and fan arts"--p. [ii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Art Mecho; Shojo; Powers of Time; Animalization; Horizons; Review and Commentary; Torendo; Contributors; Call for Papers

Sommario/riassunto

Networks of DesireÑthe second volume in the Mechademia series, an annual forum devoted to critical and creative work on Japanese anime, manga, and the fan cultures that have coalesced around themÑexplores the varieties of desire that structure and influence much of contemporary anime and manga in manifestations that range from the explicitly sexual to more sublimated text and imagery. Collecting original essays by scholars, artists, and fans, Networks of Desire considers key issues at play in a Japanese society increasingly uncertain of its place in a globalized world: from idealized represent