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Drawing on Tradition - Manga, Anime and Religion in Contemporary Japan (Paperback, New)
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Drawing on Tradition - Manga, Anime and Religion in Contemporary Japan (Paperback, New)
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Manga and anime (illustrated serial novels and animated films) are
highly influential Japanese entertainment media that boast
tremendous domestic consumption as well as worldwide distribution
and an international audience. Drawing on Tradition examines
religious aspects of the culture of manga and anime production and
consumption through a methodological synthesis of narrative and
visual analysis, history, and ethnography. Rather than merely
describing the incidence of religions such as Buddhism or Shinto in
these media, Jolyon BarakaThomas shows that authors and audiences
create and re-create "religious frames of mind" through their
imaginative and ritualised interactions with illustrated worlds.
Manga and anime therefore not only contribute to familiarity with
traditional religious doctrines and imagery, but also allow
authors, directors, and audiences to modify and elaborate upon such
traditional tropes, sometimes creating hitherto unforeseen
religious ideas and practices. The book takes play seriously by
highlighting these recursive relationships between recreation and
religion, emphasising throughout the double sense of play as
entertainment and play as adulteration (i.e., the whimsical or
parodic representation of religious figures, doctrines, and
imagery). Building on recent developments in academic studies of
manga and anime-as well as on recent advances in the study of
religion as related to art and film-Thomas demonstrates that the
specific aesthetic qualities and industrial dispositions of manga
and anime invite practices of rendition and reception that can and
do influence the ways that religious institutions and lay authors
have attempted to captivate new audiences. Drawing on Tradition
will appeal to both the dilettante and the specialist: Fans and
self-professed otaku will find an engaging academic perspective on
often overlooked facets of the media and culture of manga and
anime, while scholars and students of religion will discover a
fresh approach to the complicated relationships between religion
and visual media, religion and quotidian practice, and the putative
differences between "traditional" and "new" religions.
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