Sinophone Comics
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Adina Zemanek
About this book
While comics published in twentieth-century China have enjoyed extensive coverage, this volume showcases recent works from other locations in Asia and beyond: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy and the US. Thus, its Sinophone framing de-centers the hegemony of China in Chinese studies, and that of Japanese manga in comics studies. Non-mangaesque productions take center stage, and a chapter on comics-related cultural exchange with Japan covers reception of Taiwanese comics.
Chapter contributors explore key themes in Sinophone studies: identity-construction and (national or medium-specific) history-writing through positive or negative connections with China as a cultural and political center, contingent on local colonial legacies, nationalist projects and other cultural factors.
At the same time, this volume underscores transnational connections, central to comics throughout this medium’s history, and recent global trends shaping media and cultural production: state support and soft power, the neoliberal emphasis on creativity and self-branding, the rise of digital platforms. Taiwan constitutes a productive site for studying such issues, hence its centrality to this project.
Author / Editor information
Adina Zemanek, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.
Topics
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Introduction
1 - Section 1: The Politics of Naming and Distinction
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Chapter 1 What’s in a Name: Manhua, Manga – ‘Manghua?’
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Chapter 2 Independent Comics in China: The Making of an Indefinite Art
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Chapter 3 Naked Bodies: Acceptability and Legibility in Chinese Art Comics
69 - Section 2: China and Its Margins: Contested Belongings and Legitimacies
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Chapter 4 Winnie and a Bun: The ‘Mandate of Heaven’ and the Two Visualizations of Xi Jinping in the Works of Chinese Dissident Cartoonists
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Chapter 5 Comics Adaptation as Resistance to ‛All-under-Heaven:’ A Case Study on How Hong Kong Comics Engage in the City’s Political Movements
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Chapter 6 ‘Taiwan’s King of Comics’ Liu Xing-qin and Sinophone Culture
143 - Section 3: Routes and Roots
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Chapter 7 Sinophone Comics as a Thirdspace. Two Case Studies from the Italian Context
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Chapter 8 The Obscured Chinese Suffering during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya: An Analysis of Eddie See Yew Lee’s Three Years and Eight Months
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Chapter 9 Sonny Liew and His Double: Exploring Pan-Asian Metacomics
241 - Section 4: Reaching Outwards – Taiwan and Global Connections
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Chapter 10 Autobiographical Cartoon Characters and Artist Personae: Modeling the Labor of Self-Branding in Taiwan
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Chapter 11 Contemporary Comic Reviews in Taiwan: Towards a New Editorial and Aesthetic Paradigm?
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Chapter 12 Are Comics a Serious Matter? Materiality, Remediation and Status of Comics in Taiwan
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About the Contributors
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Index
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