Consuming anime

Dana Fennell, Ana S.Q. Liberato, Bridget Hayden, Yuko Fujino

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Abstract

Researchers are increasingly recognizing anime and manga as worthy of scholarly examination. However, relatively little research examines how fans synthesize the cultural content of anime. This paper provides an analysis of representations of race/ethnicity and gender in two televised anime, and contrasts the understandings of scholars to fans. As anime can weave together images from Japanese culture, other cultures, as well as fantasy, anime presents many faces to fans. Fans do not necessarily see all of these faces at once, and they interpret the cultural content of anime differently. As a result, anime has the potential to generate different types of cultural influence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)440-456
Number of pages17
JournalTelevision and New Media
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

Keywords

  • anime
  • ethnicity
  • fans
  • gender
  • power
  • race

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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