Sinophone Comics : Histories, Identities, Medialities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zemanek, Adina.

Series:

Comics Studies

Comics Studies ; v.2

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Adina Zemanek, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.

Summary:

While comics published in twentieth-century China have enjoyed extensive coverage, this volume showcases recent works from other locations in Asia and beyond: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy and the US.Thus, its Sinophone framing de-centers the hegemony of China in Chinese studies, and that of Japanese manga in comics studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1Introduction / Adina ZEMANEK

The Politics of Naming and Distinction

What's in a Name: Manhua, Manga - 'Manghua?' / Jaqueline BERNDT

Independent Comics in China: The Making of an Indefinite Art / John A. CRESPI

Naked Bodies: Acceptability and Legibility in Chinese Art Comics / Nick STEMBER

China and Its Margins: Contested Belongings and Legitimacies

Winnie and a Bun: The 'Mandate of Heaven' and the Two Visualizations of Xi Jinping in the Works of Chinese Dissident Cartoonists / Piotr STRZAŁKOWSKI

Comics Adaptation as Resistance to 'All-under-Heaven:' A Case Study on How Hong Kong Comics Engage in the City's Political Movements / Chia-yu LIANG

'Taiwan's King of Comics' Liu Xing-qin and Sinophone Culture / Shih-Wen Sue CHEN, Phyllis Yu-ting HUANG

Routes and Roots

Sinophone Comics as a Thirdspace. Two Case Studies from the Italian Context / Martina CASCHERA

The Obscured Chinese Suffering during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya: An Analysis of Eddie See Yew Lee's Three Years and Eight Months / NGOI Hui Chien

Sonny Liew and His Double: Exploring Pan-Asian Metacomics / Corrado NERI

Reaching Outwards - Taiwan and Global Connections

Autobiographical Cartoon Characters and Artist Personae: Modeling the Labor of Self-Branding in Taiwan / Teri SILVIO

Contemporary Comic Reviews in Taiwan: Towards a New Editorial and Aesthetic Paradigm? / Norbert DANYSZ

Are Comics a Serious Matter? Materiality, Remediation and Status of Comics in Taiwan / Adina ZEMANEK

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

3-11-143818-X

OCLC:

1561170898