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American Comic Book
American Manga
artists
authenticity in comics
Author_Casey Brienza
Black Butler
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comics political economy
creative industries analysis
cultural production studies
culture
Culture Crash
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Eternity Twilight
Female Manga Artists
global comics industry dynamics
Global Manga
Gothic Mode
japanese
Japanese Manga
Japanese Popular Culture
Lemon Law
Love Manga
Main Characters
Manga Artists
Manga Fan
Manga Fandom
Manga Publishing
Manga Style
moon
NBC Universal
Nouvelle Vague
osamu
popular
sailor
Sailor Moon
Scott Pilgrim
shoujo
Shoujo Manga
style
Syfy Channel
tezuka
transcultural comics
visual culture research
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367598891
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Outside Japan, the term ’manga’ usually refers to comics originally published in Japan. Yet nowadays many publications labelled ’manga’ are not translations of Japanese works but rather have been wholly conceived and created elsewhere. These comics, although often derided and dismissed as ’fake manga’, represent an important but understudied global cultural phenomenon which, controversially, may even point to a future of ’Japanese’ comics without Japan. This book takes seriously the political economy and cultural production of this so-called ’global manga’ produced throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia and explores the conditions under which it arises and flourishes; what counts as ’manga’ and who gets to decide; the implications of global manga for contemporary economies of cultural and creative labour; the ways in which it is shaped by or mixes with local cultural forms and contexts; and, ultimately, what it means for manga to be ’authentically’ Japanese in the first place. Presenting new empirical research on the production of global manga culture from scholars across the humanities and social sciences, as well as first person pieces and historical overviews written by global manga artists and industry insiders, Global Manga will appeal to scholars of cultural and media studies, Japanese studies, and popular and visual culture.
Casey Brienza is Lecturer in Publishing and Digital Media in the Department of Culture and Creative Industries at City University London, UK.
