Pt. 1. Local perspectives of shojo and shojo manga : historical components -- pt. 2. Global perspectives of shojo and shojo manga : new approaches -- pt. 3. Shojo mangaka profiles and interviews with manga critics and shojo mangaka (girls' comic artists).
This title tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word.
"This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring what and how women of wi…
The author travels from prehistoric caves to the digital bookstores of today, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations, a history marked by persistent efforts to prevent women from gaining literacy or to censor their reading. …
"This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring what and how women of wi…