Samurai from Outer Space

Samurai from Outer Space
Author: Antonia Levi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Why are Westerners of all ages now so fascinated by Japanese animated films, movies made purely by Japanese animators for Japanese audiences? The U.S. audience for Japanese animation ranges from millions who don't even know that what they're watching is Japanese, to the growing anime cult, with anime fan clubs on almost every college campus, as well as anime fan magazines and social anime sections in video stores. In Samurai from Outer Space, Antonia Levi uncovers the hidden meaning of Japanese animation: the symbols and stories drawn from Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese art - the things that Western viewers will overlook unless they are pointed out. With 20 color illustrations, Samurai from Outer Space is both an introduction for beginners and a goldmine of information for the already addicted.

Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze

Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze
Author: Kathryn Hemmann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030180956

The female gaze is used by writers and readers to examine narratives from a perspective that sees women as subjects instead of objects, and the application of a female gaze to male-dominated discourses can open new avenues of interpretation. This book explores how female manga artists have encouraged the female gaze within their work and how female readers have challenged the male gaze pervasive in many forms of popular media. Each of the chapters offers a close reading of influential manga and fancomics to illustrate the female gaze as a mode of resistant reading and creative empowerment. By employing a female gaze, professional and amateur creators are able to shape and interpret texts in a manner that emphasizes the role of female characters while challenging and reconfiguring gendered themes and issues.

Capturing Contemporary Japan

Capturing Contemporary Japan
Author: Satsuki Kawano
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-08-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0824838688

What are people’s life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class ideals once considered the essence of Japaneseness. In the postwar model household a man was expected to obtain a job at a major firm that offered life-long employment; his counterpart, the “professional” housewife, managed the domestic sphere and the children, who were educated in a system that provided a path to mainstream success. In the past twenty years, however, Japanese society has seen a sharp increase in precarious forms of employment, higher divorce rates, and a widening gap between haves and have-nots. Contributors draw on rich, nuanced fieldwork data collected during the 2000s to examine work, schooling, family and marital relations, child rearing, entertainment, lifestyle choices, community support, consumption and waste, material culture, well-being, aging, death and memorial rites, and sexuality. The voices in these pages vary widely: They include schoolchildren, teenagers, career women, unmarried women, young mothers, people with disabilities, small business owners, organic farmers, retirees, and the elderly.

Atlanta Magazine

Atlanta Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2005-10
Genre:
ISBN:

Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and K-Pop Cute Notebook

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and K-Pop Cute Notebook
Author: Just A. Girl Who Anime and
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-10-09
Genre:
ISBN:

A5 Format (6x9inche/15,24 x 22,86 cm) fits in your backpack or purse. 120 Pages give you enough space for writing and Notes. Just agirl who loves anime is the perfect gift for all those who love anime and mange. If you are crazy about animes and manga and K-Pop or the japanese culture in general get yourself and your senpai this girly anime notebook. Perfect to taking notes of your anime watchlist or your own anime in making. The perfect giftidea for all girls who loves anime and K-Pop. Just a girl who loves anime and k-pop.

Introducing Japanese Popular Culture

Introducing Japanese Popular Culture
Author: Alisa Freedman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000864170

Specifically designed for use in a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, while reaching specialists and general readers, this second edition of Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as politics, society, and economics. As a result, more than being a time capsule of influential trends, this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it. With contributions from an international team of scholars, representing a range of disciplines from history and anthropology to art history and media studies, the book covers: Characters Television Videogames Fan media and technology Music Popular cinema Anime Manga Spectacles and competitions Sites of popular culture Fashion Contemporary art. Written in an accessible style with ample description and analysis, this textbook is essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society, Asian media and popular culture, globalization, and Asian Studies in general. It is a go-to handbook for interested readers and a compendium for scholars.

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and K-Pop Cute Notebook

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and K-Pop Cute Notebook
Author: Just A. Girl Who Anime and
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-10-09
Genre:
ISBN:

A5 Format (6x9inche/15,24 x 22,86 cm) fits in your backpack or purse. 120 Pages give you enough space for writing and Notes. Just agirl who loves anime is the perfect gift for all those who love anime and mange. If you are crazy about animes and manga and K-Pop or the japanese culture in general get yourself and your senpai this girly anime notebook. Perfect to taking notes of your anime watchlist or your own anime in making. The perfect giftidea for all girls who loves anime and K-Pop. Just a girl who loves anime and k-pop.

Giant Robot

Giant Robot
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2007
Genre: Alternative rock music
ISBN:

Anime Girl Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and Sketching Drawing 54 Notebook

Anime Girl Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and Sketching Drawing 54 Notebook
Author: John SMITH
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-01-24
Genre:
ISBN:

This Anime Girl Just A Girl Who Loves Anime And Sketching Drawing 120 Wide Lined Pages - 6" x 9" - College Ruled Journal Book, Planner, Diary for Women, Men, Teens, and Children, Diary for Women, Men, Teens, and Children has 120 Wide Lined pages that provides enough room to write down your whole life journey. A journal is a great way to cultivate a better you. This is a self exploration journal that will help you set and reach your goals, set a plan of action to achieve those goals. There are many critical metrics in becoming the best you. We all say that we'll do our best, but going through the process of writing down your goals and tracking your performance has a major impact on you actually achieving your goals. Grab a copy for yourself (and for a friend) and get started today. A great gift idea for women, mom, girls, husband, boys, men, dad, kidsfriendwife, teens, on Birthday, Anniversary, Easter, Thanksgiving, Father's Day, Graduation, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Halloween, Mothers' Day, or Wedding Anniversary.

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and Sushi Notebook

Just a Girl Who Loves Anime and Sushi Notebook
Author: For Anime For Anime Lover
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2020-12-24
Genre:
ISBN:

Blank Writing Notebook It Can Be Cute Gift To Your Friends, Family Members Or Yourself With : -100 Pages - 6×9 inch - Cute Covers - Wide Ruled - White Paper - Matte Paperback