Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and Identities (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)

__Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond__ offers a variety of perspectives on women’s manga and the nature, scope, and significance of the relationship between women and comics/manga, both globally as well as locally. Based on the activities since 2009 of the Women’s MANGA Research Project in Asia (WMRPA), the edited volume elucidates social and historical aspects of the Asian wave of manga from ever-broader perspectives of transnationalization and glocalization. With a specific focus on women’s direct roles in manga creation, it illustrates how the globalization of manga has united different cultures and identities, focusing on networks of women creators and readerships. Taking an Asian regional approach combined with investigations of non-Asian cultures which have felt manga’s impact, the book details manga’s shift to a global medium, developing, uniting, and involving increasing numbers of participants worldwide. Unveiling diverse Asian identities and showing ways to unite them, the contributors to this volume recognize the overlaps and unique trends that emerge as a result. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-3 Japanese Homoerotic Manga in Taiwan: Same-Sex Love and Utopian Imagination (Fran Martin)....Pages 5-23 Hailing the Subject: Visual Progression and Queer Reading in Nananan’s Blue (Monica Chiu)....Pages 25-38 Queering Democracy Activism and Online Obscenities: Hong Kong Women’s Boys’ Love Protest (Katrien Jacobs)....Pages 39-51 Pleasurable Interplay in the 2.5-Dimensional World: Women’s Cosplay Performances in Singapore and the Philippines (Akiko Sugawa-Shimada)....Pages 53-68 Fudanshi (“Rotten Boys”) in Asia: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Male Readings of BL and Concepts of Masculinity (Kazumi Nagaike)....Pages 69-84 Writing Boys’ Love Comics in the Philippines (Scott WuMing)....Pages 85-89 Front Matter ....Pages 91-93 How Women’s Manga Has Performed the Image of ASIAs, Globally and Locally (Fusami Ogi)....Pages 95-122 Saving the World with Tiny Little Boxes (Ace Vitangcol)....Pages 123-126 Environmental and Cultural Influences on an Artist ( FSc (Foo Swee Chin))....Pages 127-133 Re-centring Australia in the Shōjo Imagination (Rebecca Suter)....Pages 135-150 Manga in Australia (Madeleine Rosca)....Pages 151-159 Manga and Shakespeare (Yukari Yoshihara)....Pages 161-180 Yoko Tsuno and Franco-Belgian Girl Readers of Bande Dessinée (Jessica Bauwens)....Pages 181-198 Matsumoto Katsuji: Modern Tomboys and Early Shōjo Manga (Ryan Holmberg)....Pages 199-226 Front Matter ....Pages 227-228 Chinese Women Cartoonists: A Brief, Generational Perspective (John A. Lent, Xu Ying)....Pages 229-251 Fifty Years of Popularity of Theresa Lee Wai-chun and Her Comic, 13-Dot Cartoon: Changing Identities of Women in Hong Kong (Wendy Siuyi Wong)....Pages 253-270 A Conversation with Theresa Lee, the Creator of Miss 13 Dots (Connie Lam, Theresa Wai-chun Lee)....Pages 271-283 Witness to a Transition: The Manga of Kyoko Okazaki and the Feminine Self in the Shift toward ‘Flat Culture’ in Japanese Consumer Society (Takeshi Hamano)....Pages 285-307 Reviving the Power of Storytelling: Post-3/11 Online ‘Amateur’ Manga ( Shige (CJ) Suzuki)....Pages 309-332 Comics-Prose: Evolving Manga in the Twenty-First Century (Queenie Chan)....Pages 333-352 Manga in Hong Kong (Stella So)....Pages 353-359 Back Matter ....Pages 361-366 Women?s Manga in Asia and Beyond offers a variety of perspectives on women?s manga and the nature, scope, and significance of the relationship between women and comics/manga, both globally as well as locally. Based on the activities since 2009 of the Women?s MANGA Research Project in Asia (WMRPA), the edited volume elucidates social and historical aspects of the Asian wave of manga from ever-broader perspectives of transnationalization and glocalization. With a specific focus on women?s direct roles in manga creation, it illustrates how the globalization of manga has united different cultures and identities, focusing on networks of women creators and readerships.0Taking an Asian regional approach combined with investigations of non-Asian cultures which have felt manga?s impact, the book details manga?s shift to a global medium, developing, uniting, and involving increasing numbers of participants worldwide. Unveiling diverse Asian identities and showing ways to unite them, the contributors to this volume recognize the overlaps and unique trends that emerge as a result This book offers a variety of perspectives on women's manga and the nature, scope, and significance of the glocalization of this uniquely female expression. With a specific focus on women's direct roles in manga creation, this book illustrates how the globalization of manga has united different cultures and identities by focusing networks of women creators and readerships. Taking an Asian regional approach combined with investigations of non-Asian cultures which have felt manga's impact, this book details manga's shift to a global medium, developing, uniting, and involving increasing numbers of participants worldwide. Unveiling Asian diverse identities and showing ways to unite them, this work recognizes the overlaps and unique trends that emerge as a result.