T¿jisha Manga

Japan's Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-00839-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

This book defines tojisha manga as Japan’s autobiographical comics in which the author recounts the experience of a mental or neurological condition in a unique medium of text and image. Yoshiko Okuyama argues that tojisha manga illuminate otherwise “faceless” individuals and humanize their invisible tribulations because the first-person narrative makes their lived experience more authentic and relatable to the reader. Part I introduces the evolution of the term tojisha, the tojisha movements, and other relevant social phenomena and concepts. Part II analyzes five representative titles to demonstrate the humanizing power of tojisha manga, drawing on interviews with the authors of these manga and examining how psychological or brain-related symptoms are artistically depicted in approximately 40 drawings. This book is highly recommended to not only scholars of disability studies and comic studies but also global fans of manga who are interested in the graphic memoirs of serious social issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Okuyama, Yoshiko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Tojisha.- 2. Tojisha Narratives.- 3. Essay Manga.- 4. Okita Bakka’s Gaki-Tame Series (2011-2013): A Memoir of a “Troublemaker” Aspie Girl.- 5. Nonami Tsuna’s Akira-san Series (2011-2017): A Memoir of a “Cassandra” Wife.- 6. Tanaka Keiichi’s Utsunuke (2017): An Ode to Depression Tojisha.- 7. Hosokawa Tenten’s Tsure utsu Series (2006-2013): A Couple’s Lived Experience of Depression.- 8. Shiramizu Sadako’s Uchi no OCD (2015): A Collaborative Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- 9. Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Yoshiko Okuyama is Professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, USA. Her recent publications include Japanese Mythology in Film: A Semiotic Approach to Reading Japanese Film and Anime (2015) and Reframing Disability in Manga (2020).