Mangaddicts.

• Superior document: Youth in a Globalizing World Series ; v.21
• Author: Détrez, Christine.
• TeilnehmendeR: Vanhée, Olivier.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Youth in a Globalizing World Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 pages)

"Just pronounce the word "manga" and conflicted representations of media reception emerge: either passive teenagers immersed in Japanese fictional worlds, or hyperactive fans. To understand what drives a variety of teenagers to read manga, we conducted empirical research among French readers enrolled in secondary schools. Manga is part of a whole constellation of interests, including music and digital technology. It is also the object of analytical, ethical or concrete appropriations. Reading then becomes a way to deal with past experiences and to connect with others, to learn how to express emotions and to assert (or contest) age and gender norms"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Tables and Graphs -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 What Is Manga? -- 1 "One Thousand Years of Manga" or "Sixty Years of Manga"? Definitions and Search for Origins -- 2 Production Process and Manga Specificities -- 2.1 The Effect of the Production Process -- 2.2 The Categorization of Readers -- 2.2.1 Targeting Readers -- 2.2.2 Age and Gender Group: Segmentation and Hybridization -- 2.3 The Rise of the Manga Cultural Industry in Japan -- 2.4 Manga Spread and Reception in France: From Media Panic to Recognition -- 3 Mapping the French Manga Market -- 3.1 Field Structuring -- 3.1.1 Today's Publishers -- 3.2 Outcome -- Chapter 2 A Reading Practice Embedded in the Youth Culture -- 1 A Reading Embedded in Teenagers' Schedules -- 1.1 Reading Easy and Practical -- 1.2 Reading in Various Contexts -- 1.3 Reading and Rereading -- 2 A Reading Practice Embedded in the "Youth Culture" Constellation -- 2.1 Cartoons -- 2.2 The Digital Era -- 2.3 Music -- 2.4 The Fantastic and the Sentimental -- 2.5 Reading and the Book -- 3 Friendship Networks -- 3.1 Exchange Networks -- 3.2 Discussing Manga -- 3.3 A Way of Connecting with Others -- 4 Manga-Related Hobbies -- 4.2 Girls: Cosplay and Fanfiction -- 4.2.1 Cosplays -- 4.2.2 Fanfictions -- 4.3 Anime Music Videos and Role Playing Games (amv and rpg) -- 4.4 Blogs -- 5 Readers' Careers -- 5.1 Discovering Manga -- 5.2 High School as a Confirmation -- 5.3 Turning Points and Career Endings -- Chapter 3 Reading Manga -- 1 Entertainment -- 1.1 Enjoyment -- 1.2 Escapism -- 1.3 Laughing: A Serious Matter -- 1.3.1 Burlesque and Situational Comedy: A Comic Pattern of "Degradation" -- 1.3.2 Nonsense and Absurd -- 1.3.3 Comedies in a School Setting: Satire and the Subversion of Authority.

1.3.4 Humor in Coming-of-Age Comedies: Comical Variations on Romantic and Sexual Relationships -- 1.3.5 Plays on Words -- 1.4 … and Crying -- 2 Relatability -- 2.1 The Various Facets of Identification: Admiring -- 2.2 Recognizing Oneself -- 2.3 Ethical Receptions -- 2.4 Seeking Comfort -- 3 Right Age, Right Gender, Right Manners -- 3.1 The Role of Age and Generations -- 3.2 Age Matters -- 4 Getting One's Gender Straight: Boys, Fist Fights and Little Nana Girls -- 4.1 Boys and "Beating" -- 4.2 Diverse Models of Masculinity: Intelligence, Psychology, and Emotions -- 4.3 The Little Nana Girls -- 5 Growing Up with Manga: Practical Uses -- 5.1 Seeds of Knowledge -- 5.2 Seeds of Life -- Chapter 4 In Search of Lost Legitimacy -- 1 Conflicted Dispositions -- 1.1 Parents, Teachers and Friends -- 1.2 Internalization -- 2 Fans in Their Own Words: Self-Portraits -- 2.1 Not Being a Fan -- 2.2 Being a Fan -- 3 "Scholarly" Readings -- 3.1 Reading as a Meticulous Task -- 3.2 Reading Skills -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Glossary: The Manga and Japanese Animation Universe -- Appendix 2 The Manga Readers Interviewed and Their Characteristics -- Appendix 3 Summaries of Some Manga Titles by Those Who Read Them -- Appendix 4 Graphs and Tables About Manga Publishing in France -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects.