Introduction to Manga
UNIT THREE: CIRCULATING MANGA
WEEK 10: Sites and Fields
(Libraries, stores, conventions, cosplay, clubs, machi, maid café, butler café, websites…)
November 8
In the course pack:
—David HOPKINS, “Manga in Japanese Libraries: A Historical Overview,” 17-25.
—Jakob NOBUOKA, “User Innovation and Creative Consumption in Japanese Culure Industries: The Case of Akihabara, Tokyo,” Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 92 (3): 205–218.
Online:
Read YOSHIZAKI Seimu’s Kingyo Used Books, Chapter 1 & 8 online at
http://www.sigikki.com/series/kingyousedbooks/index.shtml
Read SAKURAI Shushushu, “Susume! Otome Roodo” (Onward! Maiden Road, oneshot) online at
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/susume_otome_road/
November 10
In the course pack:
— Theresa Winge, “Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay,” Mechademia 1: Worlds of Manga and Anime (2006): 65-76
— Jin-Shiow Chen, “A Study of Fan Culture: Adolescent Experiences with Anime/Manga Doujinshi and Cosplay in Taiwan,” Visual Arts Research (2007): 14-24.
Online:
Read volumes 1-3 of KIO Shimoku’s Genshiken online at MangaReader:
http://www.mangareader.net/964/genshiken.html
Read Chapter 1 of SAKOU Watari’s Cosplay Animal online at MangaReader:
http://www.mangareader.net/cosplay-animal
