Manga's Cultural Crossroads [Paperback]

Focusing on the art and literary form of manga, this volume examines the intercultural exchanges that have shaped manga during the twentieth century and how mangas culturalization is related to its globalization. Through contributions from leading scholars in the fields of comics and Japanese culture, it describes manga culture in two ways: as a fundamentally hybrid culture comprised of both subcultures and transcultures, and as an aesthetic culture which has eluded modernist notions of art, originality, and authorship. The latter is demonstrated in a special focus on the best-selling manga franchise, NARUTO.

Introduction Jaqueline Berndt and Bettina K?mmerling-Meibauer  Part 1: Crosscultural Perspectives on Manga Studies  1. Localizations of Manga in the U.S. Frederik L. Schodt  2.   Manga as a form of Western resistance against traditional Japanese expression: Kitazawa Rakuten and the early discourse on manga Ronald Stewart  3. The mischief gag comic, a constitutive and enduring international phenomenon: Yohokama Rykichis Fuku-chan and its friends in Europe and the Americas Pascal Lef?vre  4. Tentacles, Superheroes, Pencil Strokes: The parodic body in European and Japanese erotic comics and manga Elisabeth Klar  5. Translating the visual languages of Japanese fan comics and North American and European fan art Nele Noppe6. Mainstream manga as a challenge to transcultural Comics Studies Jaqueline Berndt7. Manga/comic hybrid forms in picturebooks: Emergence of a transcultural art form Bettina K?mmerling-Meibauer  Part 2: NARUTO as cultural crossroad  8. NARUTO as a typical weekly-magazine manga lSW