From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Culture in the Mind of the West
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From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Culture in the Mind of the West

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What is it about anime that is so appealing to a transnational fan base? Is the American attraction to anime similar to the popularity of previous fads of Japanese culture, like the Japonisants of fin-de-siecle France enamored of Japanese art and architecture, or the American poets in the fifties and sixties who latched onto haiku? Or is this something new, a product of gl...more
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Published December 15th 2007 by Palgrave Macmillan (first published November 27th 2007)
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