Buch abrufen The Citi Exhibition: Manga ???
By Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
Manga is a visual form of narrative storytelling. Its roots are international, but
the form as we know it today developed in Japan between the late 19th and early
20th centuries and has recently achieved global reach. Originally confined to
comics, prints and graphic novels, manga has expanded to influence animation,
fashion, gaming, street art and new media. It is a multi-billion pound industry,
popular with people of all ages in Japan and increasingly all over the world,
encompassing hundreds of genres, from sports, love, horror and ageing to global
threats and sexual identity. There is a manga for everyone. For manga fans, this
book celebrates the excitement of manga's cross-cultural appeal and its long
history of breaking barriers. For those new to manga, it offers the chance to
become literate in what is fast becoming a universal visual grammar of our
globalized age. Arranged into six thematic chapters, with essays by leading
scholars, this volume showcases the work of Japan's
