
Reading Comic Books Critically
How Japanese Comic Books Influence Taiwanese Students
Fang-Tzu Hsu(Author)
Peter Lownds(Editor)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 25. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-1-4331-8847-3 (ISBN)
Description
Education knows no boundaries but 'hot button issues,' like their students' love for comic books, highlight school, teacher and parent bias. Japanese comic books (manga) play an important role in the lives of most Taiwanese teenagers. This study includes surveys, a textual analysis of five student-selected manga series and multiple interviews with students and educators about comics' appeal and educational value. Japanese manga contain complex and sometimes contradictory ideologies of ethnicity, gender, class, and violence. From an ethnic perspective, although students may glean cultural content from manga heroes and their retinues, people of color and non-Japanese Asians are either caricatures or non-existent. Taiwanese consumers seem largely unaware of this. Depictions of social and economic class distinctions are subtle although the dominant ideology of manga creators is middle-class. Manga aficionados are, for the most part, oblivious to class distinctions, but some notice that ancient caste precepts flourish. Although most manga focus on violent combat, their youthful consumers seem unaffected by excessive gore. Bloody battles with enemy legions are seen as a necessary element for the hero's journey. From a post-colonialist perspective, manga's exaltation of Japanese cultural archetypes may preempt their readers' allegiance to and pride in being Taiwanese.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4331-8847-3 (9781433188473)
Schweitzer Classification
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Fang-Tzu Hsu | Peter Lownds
Reading Comic Books Critically
How Japanese Comic Books Influence Taiwanese Students
E-Book
11/2021
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€43.49
Available for download

Fang-Tzu Hsu | Peter Lownds
Reading Comic Books Critically
How Japanese Comic Books Influence Taiwanese Students
E-Book
11/2021
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€43.49
Available for download
Persons
Fang-tzu Hsu received her doctorate in social science and comparative education from the University of California, Los Angeles, while serving the Paulo Freire Institute in various capacities and presenting work at numerous academic conferences. She was an extraordinary scholar, writer and friend.
Peter Lownds is co-founder of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA, a longtime educator, translator and student of life.
Content
Foreword - Introduction - A Freirian Approach to Comic Book Analysis - Methodology and Methods - Reactions of Taiwanese Students and Educators - Into the Great Comic Book Era - Conclusion.