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Manga, Desire, and Power Lecture 6: March 12, 2003 1 Comic Books and Identity • Questions of power: – unattainable ideals? –fantasy as empowerment? – deeper messages? 2 Sharon Kinsella, Adult Manga • Pop culture in Japan through manga (comic books) • Shift in power in the production of manga • politics and “how people feel” (see Adult Manga: Culture & Power in Contemporary Japanese Society by Sharon Kinsella) 3 Kinsella on “Adult Manga” • Sharon Kinsella is now prof. of sociology at Yale • focus on the production side of manga •interest in “cultural politics” • note conflicts between “Ghost in the Shell” editors and artists See http://www.manga.com/ghos t/ghost.html 4 Kinsella on manga • manga as “air” (p. 4) – i.e., everywhere, permeates all sectors of society • pioneers in early 1950s • production is unstable and contested (5) Gainax is a large anime company • “low culture” or source See of national pride . ? http://www.gainax.co.jp/ 5 Manga as a medium • publishing companies have more freedom than other mass media • typical readers=men/boys without much money – big consumers read less manga • very little advertising 6 Manga as an industry • not just a cultural object but a business • Tokyo is where offices are located • editors are at the center Shonen Jump, a leading manga See http://www.shonenjump.com/ 7 Artist - Editor Tension • Three main sources – editors impose work discipline on artists(e.g., “canning” the authors) – struggle over contents • “product” sold for profit • “art” as a form of culture – social class • working class protest • middle-class management 8 Otaku • Dangerous fanatics? Gainax: the company • Info managers of the fictionalized in “Otaku Video” future? See • Where draw the line http://www.gainax.co.jp/ between healthy and unhealthy attachments to consumer items . .? 9 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu 21G.039 / 21G.037 Japanese Popular Culture Spring 2003 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms..

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