Manga Art Theory: Undefined and Overlooked?

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Published on October 15, 2022 7:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHjJaAed8Q

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It’s time to give manga room in art history! But... how do we begin to define it as a fine art form? We discuss how to understand the art of manga academically through a Japanese perspective. This video is based on the ideas of Japanese scholar and artist Ito Go as translated by Miri Nakamura in the journal Mechademia.

CHAPTERS:
01:22 - Part 1: Author and Context
02:38 - Part 2: Early Manga Art History
05:47 - Part 3: What's holding manga back?
08:26 - Part 4: There are as many manga as there are readers
12:00 - Part 5: The Problems with Defining Manga as its own Artform
15:14 - Part 6: Conclusion

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Sources:
“Tezuka Is Dead: Postmodernist and Modernist Approaches to Japanese Manga” (2005) by Ito Go.
“Manga in Transformation and Its Dysfunctional Discourse” by Ito Go, translated by Miri Nakamura for the journal Mechademia #6 (2011).