Erotic Comics in Japan

An Introduction to Eromanga
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6372-712-9
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Asian Visual Cultures

Comics and cartoons from Japan, or manga and anime, are an increasingly common feature of visual and popular culture around the world. While it is often observed that these media forms appeal to broad and diverse demographics, including many adults, eroticism continues to unsettle critics and has even triggered legal action in some jurisdictions. It is more urgent than ever to engage in productive discussion, which begins with being informed about content that is still scarcely understood outside small industry and fan circles. Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga is the most comprehensive introduction in English to erotic comics in Japan, or eromanga. Divided into three parts, it provides a history of eroticism in Japanese comics and cartoons generally leading to the emergence of eromanga specifically, an overview of seven themes running across works with close analysis of outstanding examples and a window onto ongoing debates surrounding regulation and freedom of expression in Japan.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagayama, Kaoru

Weitere Mitwirkende

Galbraith, Patrick

Bauwens-Sugimoto, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Comics & Cartoons (Design)
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Graphic Novel & Manga (Design)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translators' Introduction: Eromanga in the Global Now

Introduction: The Invisible Realm

Part 1: A History of Eromanga

Memes Spread

Chapter 1: The Gene Pool of Manga and Gekiga

Chapter 2: The Rise and Fall of Third-Rate Gekiga and the Eve of Bish?jo-Style Eromanga

Chapter 3: Bishojo-Style Eromanga Takes the Stage

Part 2: The Various Forms of Love and Sex

Subdividing Desire

Chapter 4: Lolicon Manga

Chapter 5: Big Breasts and Manga

Chapter 6: Little Sisters and Incest

Chapter 7: Disgrace and Training

Chapter 8: Love Stories

Chapter 9: Sadomasochism and Sexual Minorities

Chapter 10: Gender Mayhem

Part 3: Addition to the Expanded Edition (2014)

Eromanga in the Twenty-First Century

Conclusion: Permeation, Diffusion and What Comes After

Pornography Without Sex

Afterword (2006)

Afterword to the Expanded Edition (2014)

Index of Artists and Individuals

Über Autor(innen)

Galbraith, Patrick
Patrick W. Galbraith is a Lecturer in the School of Law at Senshu University in Tokyo. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of Tokyo and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. His recent publications include Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan (Duke University Press, 2019) and AKB48 (Bloomsbury, 2019).

Bauwens-Sugimoto, Jessica
Jessica Bauwens-Sugimoto is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. She holds an M.A. in Japanese Studies and an M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Catholic University of Leuven, and an M.A. in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Human Sciences from Osaka University. Her research focus is sequential art made by and for girls and women.

Nagayama, Kaoru
Nagayama Kaoru is a manga critic and activist based in Tokyo.