ABSTRACT
This collaborative book explores the artistic and aesthetic development of shojo, or girl, manga and discusses the significance of both shojo manga and the concept of shojo, or girl culture. It features contributions from manga critics, educators, and researchers from both manga’s home country of Japan and abroad, looking at shojo and shojo manga’s influence both locally and globally. Finally, it presents original interviews of shojo manga-ka, or artists, who discuss their work and their views on this distinct type of popular visual culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
Local Perspectives of Shojo and Shojo Manga
chapter 1|14 pages
Power of Shojo Manga
Origins and Influences in Children's Artistic and Aesthetic Development
chapter 4|10 pages
The Cute Little Girl Living in the Imagined Japanese Past
Sakura Momoko's Chibimaruko-Chan
part II|56 pages
Global Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga
chapter 10|11 pages
Beautiful, Meaningful, and Powerful
Explorations of the “Bishojo (Beautiful Girl)” and “Bishonen (Beautiful Boy)” in Taiwan's Anime/Manga Fan Culture
chapter 11|11 pages
Revisiting Manga High
Literacies, Identities, and the Power of Shojo Manga on New York City Youths
part III|102 pages
Shojo Mangaka Profiles and Interviews with Manga Critics and Shojo Mangaka (Girls' Comic Artists)
