Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shojo Manga 9780824860578

Manga is the backbone of Japanese popular culture, influencing everything from television, movies, and video games to no

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English Pages 192 [200] Year 2010

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. The Heart of the Matter: Gender, Intimacy, and Consumption in the Production of Shōjo Manga
Chapter Two. Descent and Alliance in the Shōjo Manga Family Tree: A Postwar History
Chapter Three. Raising Readers, Rearing Artists: Fabricating Community in Shōjo Manga Magazines
Chapter Four. Affective Labor: Gender, Generation, and Consumption in the Production of Shōjo Manga
Chapter Five. Material Gals: Girls’ Sexuality, Girls’ Culture, and Shōjo Manga
Epilogue. Shōjo Manga at Large
Appendix A. Magazine List
Appendix B. Manga Division Organizational Chart
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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