Re-Examining the “What is Manga” Problematic

The Tension and Interrelationship between the “Style” Versus “Made in Japan” Positions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19152374
AutoresZoltán Kacsuk (0000-0002-6733-3294, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas26-26
Fecha de publicación2018-07-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArts (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0752 • E-ISSN: 2076-0752
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/arts7030026
OpenAlexW2828297522
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas17

The term manga is used to refer to a range of related and at times exclusive domains according to the position of the speaker. In the present paper, I examine one of the fundamental dichotomies underpinning the arguments in relation to the meaning of manga, the tension and interrelationship between the “style” versus “made in Japan” positions. Building on research on manga, comics, and bande dessinée, I outline a framework that attempts to take stock of the most common features associated with works being considered manga. Highlighting some of the possible connections between visual style and content-specific elements on the one hand, and the Japanese language plus the culture of manga production, dissemination, and consumption in Japan on the other hand, I argue that the manga as style position is not as pure a possibility—transcending all cultural and material situatedness—as it is sometimes held up to be. At the same time, the manga is made in Japan position is not as simplistic as it is commonly thought to be and indeed points to a far deeper and more fundamental interrelationship between manga and Japan—as its real and mythical place of origin—than its proponents might actually articulate

Aesthetics · Art · Comics · Consumption (sociology) · Dichotomy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Relation (database) · Sociology · Style (visual arts) · Underpinning · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy

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