Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics

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Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty percent of everything published each year in the country.Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of Western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising, and design. Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly-illustrated introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present. Featuring striking graphics and extracts from a wide range of manga, the book covers such themes as the specific attributes of manga in contrast to American and European comics; the life and career of Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and originator of story manga; boys' comics from the 1960s to the present; the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics; the darker, more realistic themes of gekiga -- violent samurai, disturbing horror and apocalyptic science fiction; issues of censorship and protest; and manga's role as a major Japanese export and global influence. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author

Paul Gravett

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

176 s. : il. (některé barev.) ; 28 cm

Published

New York : Collins Design, 2010

Edition

3rd print.

Subjects

1945-2005

20.-21. století

manga > Japonsko

komiksy > Japonsko

komiksy > dějiny

masová kultura > Japonsko > 20.-21. století

manga

japonské komiksy

japonská literatura

stati

obrazové publikace

Bibliography

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ISBN

978-1-85-669391-2 (brož.)