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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4825201821
EAN: 9781403962140
ISBN: 1403962146
Label: Palgrave Macmillan
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date: November 27, 2007
Sales Rank: 138496
Studio: Palgrave Macmillan
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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.
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Review of Susan J. Napier's "From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West".
Professor Napier has disproved Kipling's aphroism -"The east is east, and the west is west, and never the twain shall meet". In her latest book, Professor Napier establishes the long and impressive history where the east meets the west - specifically, how the images and fantasy of Japonism were reflected in the Western intellectuals' minds.
When the bamboo ... Read More
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From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West This book provides an illuminating history and analysis of the interactions of Japan and the West in the realm of the arts, literature, and film, yielding insights and assessments that are original and on the mark. It also explores the ways in which these aesthetic creations affect individual artists, viewers, readers, and fans, resulting in a virtual reality which is not just an escape but also an imaginary realm in ... Read More
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I'm a little confused by this book. Taken in the context of professor Napier's other books, it is difficult to place. A few finished and thoughtful essays are embedded in a matrix of tentative and poorly developed filler. I can see that the intention was to place the study of anime and manga fandom into a broader context including art-historical and anthropological analysis, but the effort falls well short of the mark. A well-considered and interesting essay on Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysanthemum rubs ... Read More
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