Mechademia 9: Origins
By (Author) Frenchy Lunning
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st March 2015
United States
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions
Asian history
Popular culture
741.5952
Paperback
320
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 38mm
The essays brought together in Mechademia 9 lead us to understand the extent to which "Japan" might be seen as an idea generated by anime, manga, and other texts rather than the other way around. Richly provocative and insightful, this volume both enacts and resists the pursuit of fixed starting points, inspiring further creative investigation of this global artistic phenomenon.
Frenchy Lunning is professor of liberal arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.