From Impressionism to Anime

副标题: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West

ISBN: 9781403962133

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2007-12-15

页数: 272

定价: USD 100.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

What is it about anime that is so appealing to a transnational fan base? Is the American attraction to anime similar to the popularity of previous fads of Japanese culture, like the Japonisants of fin-de-siecle France enamored of Japanese art and architecture, or the American poets in the fifties and sixties who latched onto haiku? Or is this something new, a product of global culture in which ethnic identities carry less weight? This book explores these issues by taking a look at anime fans and the place they occupy, both in terms of subculture in Japan and America, and in relation to Western perceptions of Japan since the late 1800s.