Mechademia 10
World Renewal
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Mechademia 10 revolves around a maelstrom of events: the devastation of 3/11-the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor crises-and the ongoing environmental disasters that have recently overtaken Japan. Because anime and manga have long proposed (and illustrated) alternative worlds-some created after catastrophes-it is fitting that this volume should consider this propensity for “world renewal.”Individual essays range widely, from a poetic and personal reflection on the ritual of tÔrÔ nagashi (the lighting of floating paper lanterns that has traditionally commemorated souls lost in great public cataclysms, such as war) to a study of the various counterfactual histories written about the historical figure of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a former peasant farmer who became a military dictator of feudal Japan. The book also includes an original manga, Nanohana, from the popular artist Hagio Moto, who is quoted as saying: “I want to think together with everyone else about Fukushima and Chernobyl, about the future of the Earth, about the future of humankind, and to keep thinking moving forward.”
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2015-12-20
- Mått178 x 254 x 38 mm
- Vikt528 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor272
- FörlagUniversity of Minnesota Press
- ISBN9780816699155