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245 00 a| Themes and issues in Asian cartooning :b| cute, cheap, mad, and sexy /c| edited by John A. Lent.;

300 a| 212 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Introduction / John A. Lent -- Asian cartooning: overviews, representations, receptions: 1. An overview of Malay humor magazines: significance, origins, contents, texts, and audiences / Ronald Provencher -- 2. Global division of cultural labor and Korean animation industry / Kie-Un Yu -- 3. Islam, animation, and money: the reception of Disney's Aladdin in Southeast Asia / Timothy R. White and J. Emmett Winn -- 4. Singapore's Mr. Kiasu, Kiasu Krossover, Kiasui Max, and Kiasu the Xtraman: comics reflecting a nation's personality and popular culture / Linda K. Fuller -- Gender and Asian comics: 5. Cute but deadly: women and violence in Japanese comics / Kanako Shiokawa -- 6. Dimensions of desire: sex, fantasy, and fetish in Japanese comics -- 7. Goddess/demon, warrior/victim: representations of women in Indian comics / Aruna Rao -- 8. The social production of gender as reflected in two Japanese culture industry products: Sailormoon and Crayon Shin-Chan / Mary Grigsby.;

520 1 a| "Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad, and Sexy uses overviews and case studies by knowledgeable scholars to discuss Asian animation, humor magazines, gag cartoons, comic strips, and comic books. The more generalized first half of the book looks at contents and audiences of Malay humor magazines, cultural labor in Korean animation, the reception of "Aladdin" in Islamic Southeast Asia, and a Singaporean comic book as a reflection of that society's personality. Four other chapters treat gender and Asian comics, concentrating on Japanese anime and manga and Indian comic books." "Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning is of interest to comics fandom, the academic community, and actually, anyone with an interest in Asian popular culture."--BOOK JACKET.;

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Themes and issues in Asian cartooning : cute, cheap, mad, and sexy / edited by John A. Lent.

Other author	Lent, John A.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1999.
Description	212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Caricatures and cartoons--Asia. --Themes, motives. Comic books, strips, etc.--Asia. --Themes, motives.

Contents	Introduction / John A. Lent -- Asian cartooning: overviews, representations, receptions: 1. An overview of Malay humor magazines: significance, origins, contents, texts, and audiences / Ronald Provencher -- 2. Global division of cultural labor and Korean animation industry / Kie-Un Yu -- 3. Islam, animation, and money: the reception of Disney's Aladdin in Southeast Asia / Timothy R. White and J. Emmett Winn -- 4. Singapore's Mr. Kiasu, Kiasu Krossover, Kiasui Max, and Kiasu the Xtraman: comics reflecting a nation's personality and popular culture / Linda K. Fuller -- Gender and Asian comics: 5. Cute but deadly: women and violence in Japanese comics / Kanako Shiokawa -- 6. Dimensions of desire: sex, fantasy, and fetish in Japanese comics -- 7. Goddess/demon, warrior/victim: representations of women in Indian comics / Aruna Rao -- 8. The social production of gender as reflected in two Japanese culture industry products: Sailormoon and Crayon Shin-Chan / Mary Grigsby.
Review	"Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad, and Sexy uses overviews and case studies by knowledgeable scholars to discuss Asian animation, humor magazines, gag cartoons, comic strips, and comic books. The more generalized first half of the book looks at contents and audiences of Malay humor magazines, cultural labor in Korean animation, the reception of "Aladdin" in Islamic Southeast Asia, and a Singaporean comic book as a reflection of that society's personality. Four other chapters treat gender and Asian comics, concentrating on Japanese anime and manga and Indian comic books." "Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning is of interest to comics fandom, the academic community, and actually, anyone with an interest in Asian popular culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	98036403
ISBN	0879727799 (cloth)
ISBN	0879727802 (pbk.)

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