Author: Noël Burch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520038776
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
To the Distant Observer
Author: Noël Burch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520038776
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520038776
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Anime Encyclopedia
Author: Jonathan Clements
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.
Stay Here Tonight
Author: Cynthia Dane
Publisher: Barachou Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher: Barachou Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan
Author: Patrick W. Galbraith
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 147800701X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 147800701X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.
Japan's New Middle Class
Author: Ezra F. Vogel
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442221968
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family. In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth that led to hiring large numbers of workers who were provided lifelong employment, the authors show how this phenomenon led to a new social class—the salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the same successful corporate or government jobs they held. Secure employment and a rising standard of living enabled this new middle class to set the dominant pattern of social life that influenced even those who could not share it, a pattern that remains fundamental to Japanese society today.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442221968
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family. In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth that led to hiring large numbers of workers who were provided lifelong employment, the authors show how this phenomenon led to a new social class—the salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the same successful corporate or government jobs they held. Secure employment and a rising standard of living enabled this new middle class to set the dominant pattern of social life that influenced even those who could not share it, a pattern that remains fundamental to Japanese society today.
Secret Comics Japan
Author: Chikao Shiratori
Publisher: Viz Media
ISBN: 9781569313725
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the surreally beautiful to the graphically gruesome, the selections in this anthology represent the best of manga fiction. Chosen by the former editor of Garo, Japan's standard-bearer of underground comics, the artists in this collection are the latest generation of manga taboo-breakers from the '80s and '90s.
Publisher: Viz Media
ISBN: 9781569313725
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the surreally beautiful to the graphically gruesome, the selections in this anthology represent the best of manga fiction. Chosen by the former editor of Garo, Japan's standard-bearer of underground comics, the artists in this collection are the latest generation of manga taboo-breakers from the '80s and '90s.
Manga
Author: Toni Johnson-Woods
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826429386
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, providing a definitive, one-stop Manga resource.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826429386
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, providing a definitive, one-stop Manga resource.
The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film
Author: Tom Mes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880656891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Thanks to directors such as Kitano, Miike and Miyazaki, Japanese cinema has recently undergone something of a resurgence. This title profiles the work of these established film-makers, as well as looking at the creations of new, up-and-coming directors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880656891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Thanks to directors such as Kitano, Miike and Miyazaki, Japanese cinema has recently undergone something of a resurgence. This title profiles the work of these established film-makers, as well as looking at the creations of new, up-and-coming directors.
Everything She Needs
Author: Hildred Billings
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A scorching age-gap ice-queen romance with a happy ending. TARA STAUDENMAIERCollege student Tara Staudenmaier will do anything for her family. When medical debt looms, she doesn't hesitate to do whatever it takes.Even if it means putting herself - and her inexperience in love - up on the auction block.She only asks that nobody discover her biggest secret. The reason she's gone gray at twenty and now has something to offer a would-be suitor looking for a month-long affair. ASTRID EVANSTwo years after the death of her husband, Astrid is used to the jokes and jeers from the peerage. Everyone knows she's a trophy wife who received the inheritance of a lifetime.But it didn't come without a price. Traumatized by her former experiences, Astrid now spends her nights subjecting herself to the same events that once changed her life. That's how she discovers Tara, a young and naïve woman who will be chewed up by the same system that stole Astrid's own youth. THE ONLY KEY... IS HYPOCRISYWhen Tara arrives at Evans Manor for a month of companionship, Astrid rejects their mutual attraction, if only to sleep better at night.Soon, she can't sleep at all. The electric chemistry between Astrid and Tara is unlike anything to hit the quiet country manor. While Tara explores what it means to fall in love and indulge in her lifelong fantasies, Astrid confronts the nightmares that have turned her into the ice-cold queen of her fortress. Everything she needs is within grasp - yet she denies it.Until she can't anymore, and all hell breaks loose.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A scorching age-gap ice-queen romance with a happy ending. TARA STAUDENMAIERCollege student Tara Staudenmaier will do anything for her family. When medical debt looms, she doesn't hesitate to do whatever it takes.Even if it means putting herself - and her inexperience in love - up on the auction block.She only asks that nobody discover her biggest secret. The reason she's gone gray at twenty and now has something to offer a would-be suitor looking for a month-long affair. ASTRID EVANSTwo years after the death of her husband, Astrid is used to the jokes and jeers from the peerage. Everyone knows she's a trophy wife who received the inheritance of a lifetime.But it didn't come without a price. Traumatized by her former experiences, Astrid now spends her nights subjecting herself to the same events that once changed her life. That's how she discovers Tara, a young and naïve woman who will be chewed up by the same system that stole Astrid's own youth. THE ONLY KEY... IS HYPOCRISYWhen Tara arrives at Evans Manor for a month of companionship, Astrid rejects their mutual attraction, if only to sleep better at night.Soon, she can't sleep at all. The electric chemistry between Astrid and Tara is unlike anything to hit the quiet country manor. While Tara explores what it means to fall in love and indulge in her lifelong fantasies, Astrid confronts the nightmares that have turned her into the ice-cold queen of her fortress. Everything she needs is within grasp - yet she denies it.Until she can't anymore, and all hell breaks loose.
A Wind Named Amnesia
Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 9781593079345
Category : Amnesia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Apocalypse didn't end with a BANG, but with a whimper. Silently, the 'amnesia wind' swept away all of mankind's knowledge. Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of modern civilization; who they were, how to speak - everything! Technology decayed as mankind was reduced to an extremely primitive level. Two years after the devastation, a young man explores a nation reduced to barbarism: America. Miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm, he is accompanied by a young woman - somehow spared the obliterating effects of the amnesia wind. Pursued by a relentless killing machine, they search for those responsible for stealing their memories.
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 9781593079345
Category : Amnesia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Apocalypse didn't end with a BANG, but with a whimper. Silently, the 'amnesia wind' swept away all of mankind's knowledge. Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of modern civilization; who they were, how to speak - everything! Technology decayed as mankind was reduced to an extremely primitive level. Two years after the devastation, a young man explores a nation reduced to barbarism: America. Miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm, he is accompanied by a young woman - somehow spared the obliterating effects of the amnesia wind. Pursued by a relentless killing machine, they search for those responsible for stealing their memories.