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eBook details
- Title: Rewriting History in Manga
- Author : Nissim Otmazgin & Rebecca Suter
- Release Date : January 15, 2016
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2534 KB
Description
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.