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A Sociology of Japanese Ladies' Comics [electronic resource] : Images of the Life, Loves, and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Japanese Women
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Itō, Kinko, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan--History and criticism.
- Girls in popular culture--Japan.
- Women in art.
- Women in literature.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Japan--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Women in literature--Japan.
- Girls in popular culture.
- Local Subjects:
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan--History and criticism.
- Girls in popular culture--Japan.
- Women in art.
- Women in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work is a book about the history, content, and functions of ladies' comics, the most recent addition to the modern comics in Japan. This book employs the methodology of visual sociology which uses imagery as a source of data and material for analysis. It describes Japanese ladies' comics' unique history and explores how love and sexuality of Japanese women is depicted as a reflection of their everyday life. Being a significant part of Japanese popular culture, manga (Japanese comics) as texts can be an extremely important subject matter for sociology, especially visual sociology, comparat
- Contents:
- A SOCIOLOGY OF JAPANESE LADIES' COMICS: Images of the Life, Loves, and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Japanese Women; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ladies' Comics and the Manga Culture of Japan; Chapter One: A Brief History of Japanese Ladies' Comics; Chapter Two: New Trends in Japanese Ladies' Comics: Diversification and Catharsis; Chapter Three: Japanese Women's Sexuality in Ladies' Comics; Appendix to Illustrations; Manga 1.; Manga 2.; Manga 3.; Manga 4.; Manga 5.; Manga 6.; Manga 7 & 8.; Chapter Four: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1675-7
- OCLC:
- 818111936
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