Lines of Sight—the seventh volume in the Mechademia series, an
annual forum devoted to Japanese anime and manga—explores the
various ways in which anime, manga, digital media, fan culture, and
Japanese art—from scroll paintings to superflat—challenge,
undermine, or disregard the concept of Cartesian (or one-point)
perspective, the dominant mode of visual culture in the West since
the seventeenth century. More than just a visual mode or geometric
system, Cartesianism has shaped nearly every aspect of modern
rational thought, from mathematics and science to philosophy and
history. Framed by Thomas Lamarre’s introduction, “Radical
Perspectivalism,” the essays here approach Japanese popular
culture as a visual mode that employs non-Cartesian formations,
which by extension make possible new configurations of perception
and knowledge. Whether by shattering the illusion of visual or
narrative seamlessness through the use of multiple layers or
irregular layouts, blurring the divide between viewer and creator,
providing diverse perspectives within a single work of art, or
rejecting dualism, causality, and other hallmarks of Cartesianism,
anime and manga offer in their radicalization of perspective the
potential for aesthetic and even political transformation.
Contributors: David Beynon, Deakin U; Fujimoto Yukari, Meiji U;
Yuriko Furuhata, McGill U; Craig Jackson, Ohio Wesleyan U; Reginald
Jackson, U of Chicago; Thomas Lamarre, McGill U; Jinying Li; Waiyee
Loh; Livia Monnet, U of Montreal; Sharalyn Orbaugh, U of British
Columbia; Stefan Riekeles; Atsuko Sakaki, U of Toronto; Miryam Sas,
U of California, Berkeley; Timon Screech, U of London; Emily
Somers; Marc Steinberg, Concordia U.
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