Reframing disability in manga

by Okuyama, Yoshiko

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Title Statements

Full title :Reframing disability in manga / Yoshiko Okuyama.

Summary

"Reframing Disability in Manga analyzes popular Japanese manga published from the 1990s to the present that portray the everyday lives of adults and children with disabilities in an ableist society. It focuses on five representative conditions currently classified as shōgai (disabilities) in Japan-deafness, blindness, paraplegia, autism, and gender identity disorder-and explores the complexities and sociocultural issues surrounding each. Author Yoshiko Okuyama begins by looking at preindustrial understandings of difference in Japanese myths and legends before moving on to an overview of contemporary representations of disability in popular culture, uncovering sociohistorical attitudes toward the physically, neurologically, or intellectually marked Other. She critiques how characters with disabilities have been represented in mass media, which has reinforced ableism in society and negatively influenced our understanding of human diversity in the past"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Hawaiʻi Press
Place of Publication:Honolulu
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 213 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780824882365, 0824882369, 9780824889876, 0824889878
oclc:on1119753037
LC Classification:PN6790.J3
Dewey Decimal:741.5/952

Subjects

Bandes dessinées -- Japon Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips, etc. -- History an… Criticism, interpretation, etc Disabled Persons Graphic Novels as Topic -- history Handicapés -- Dans les médias -- Japon Japan Mangas -- Thèmes, motifs Médecine dans la littérature Medicine in Literature People with Disabilities People with disabilities -- Comic books… People with disabilities in mass media Personnes handicapées Personnes handicapées dans les médias