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From Impressionism to anime : Japan as fantasy and fan cult in the mind of the West / Susan J. Napier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 258 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403962138
  • 9781403962133
  • 1403962146
  • 9781403962140
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4825201821 22
LOC classification:
  • NC1766.J3 N38 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Japonisme from Monet to Van Gogh: "above all to make you see" -- "Mon semblable! mon frere": collecting, doubling and mirroring Japan in England and America 1878-1941 -- Paths of power: Japan as utopia and dystopia in the postwar American imagination -- The dark heart of fantasy: Japanese women in the eyes of the western male -- The 1990's and beyond: Japanese fantasy takes wing -- Anime nation: cons, cosplay and (sub) cultural capital -- Differing destinations: cultural identification, Orientalism, and "Soft Power" in twenty-first-century anime fandom -- In search of sacred space? anime fandom and Miyazaki World -- From fans to fandom / Susan J. Napier.
Summary: "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."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.

Japonisme from Monet to Van Gogh: "above all to make you see" -- "Mon semblable! mon frere": collecting, doubling and mirroring Japan in England and America 1878-1941 -- Paths of power: Japan as utopia and dystopia in the postwar American imagination -- The dark heart of fantasy: Japanese women in the eyes of the western male -- The 1990's and beyond: Japanese fantasy takes wing -- Anime nation: cons, cosplay and (sub) cultural capital -- Differing destinations: cultural identification, Orientalism, and "Soft Power" in twenty-first-century anime fandom -- In search of sacred space? anime fandom and Miyazaki World -- From fans to fandom / Susan J. Napier.

"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."--Publisher description.

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