{"product_id":"mangaddicts-french-teenagers-and-manga-reading-9789004545519","title":"Mangaddicts: French Teenagers and Manga Reading","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust pronounce the word “manga” and conflicted representations of media reception emerge: either passive teenagers immersed in Japanese fictional worlds, or hyperactive fans. To understand what drives a variety of teenagers to read manga, we conducted empirical research among French readers enrolled in secondary schools. Manga is part of a whole constellation of interests, including music and digital technology. It is also the object of analytical, ethical or concrete appropriations. Reading then becomes a way to deal with past experiences and to connect with others, to learn how to express emotions and to assert (or contest) age and gender norms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Acknowledgments   List of Tables and Graphs   Introduction   1 What Is Manga?   1 “One Thousand Years of Manga” or “Sixty Years of Manga”? Definitions and Search for Origins    2 Production Process and Manga Specificities   2.1 The Effect of the Production Process    2.2 The Categorization of Readers   2.2.1 Targeting Readers    2.2.2 Age and Gender Group: Segmentation and Hybridization      2.3 The Rise of the Manga Cultural Industry in Japan    2.4 Manga Spread and Reception in France: From Media Panic to Recognition      3 Mapping the French Manga Market   3.1 Field Structuring   3.1.1 Today’s Publishers      3.2 Outcome     2 A Reading Practice Embedded in the Youth Culture   1 A Reading Embedded in Teenagers’ Schedules   1.1 Reading Easy and Practical    1.2 Reading in Various Contexts    1.3 Reading and Rereading      2 A Reading Practice Embedded in the “Youth Culture” Constellation   2.1 Cartoons    2.2 The Digital Era    2.3 Music    2.4 The Fantastic and the Sentimental    2.5 Reading and the Book      3 Friendship Networks   3.1 Exchange Networks    3.2 Discussing Manga    3.3 A Way of Connecting with Others      4 Manga-Related Hobbies   4.1 Drawing: A Mixed-Gender Activity    4.2 Girls: Cosplay and Fanfiction   4.2.1 Cosplays    4.2.2 Fanfictions      4.3 Anime Music Videos and Role Playing Games (amv and rpg)    4.4 Blogs      5 Readers’ Careers   5.1 Discovering Manga    5.2 High School as a Confirmation    5.3 Turning Points and Career Endings     3 Reading Manga   1 Entertainment   1.1 Enjoyment    1.2 Escapism    1.3 Laughing: A Serious Matter   1.3.1 Burlesque and Situational Comedy: A Comic Pattern of “Degradation”    1.3.2 Nonsense and Absurd    1.3.3 Comedies in a School Setting: Satire and the Subversion of Authority    1.3.4 Humor in Coming-of-Age Comedies: Comical Variations on Romantic and Sexual Relationships    1.3.5 Plays on Words      1.4 … and Crying      2 Relatability   2.1 The Various Facets of Identification: Admiring    2.2 Recognizing Oneself    2.3 Ethical Receptions    2.4 Seeking Comfort      3 Right Age, Right Gender, Right Manners   3.1 The Role of Age and Generations    3.2 Age Matters      4 Getting One’s Gender Straight: Boys, Fist Fights and Little Nana Girls   4.1 Boys and “Beating”    4.2 Diverse Models of Masculinity: Intelligence, Psychology, and Emotions    4.3 The Little Nana Girls      5 Growing Up with Manga: Practical Uses   5.1 Seeds of Knowledge    5.2 Seeds of Life     4 In Search of Lost Legitimacy   1 Conflicted Dispositions   1.1 Parents, Teachers and Friends    1.2 Internalization      2 Fans in Their Own Words: Self-Portraits   2.1 Not Being a Fan    2.2 Being a Fan      3 “Scholarly” Readings   3.1 Reading as a Meticulous Task    3.2 Reading Skills     Conclusion   Appendix 1 Glossary: The Manga and Japanese Animation Universe   Appendix 2 The Manga Readers Interviewed and Their Characteristics   Appendix 3 Summaries of Some Manga Titles by Those Who Read Them   Appendix 4 Graphs and Tables about Manga Publishing in France   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210867040599,"sku":"9789004545519","price":112.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mangaddicts-french-teenagers-and-manga-reading-9789004545519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}