{"product_id":"reading-comic-books-critically-9781433188473","title":"Reading Comic Books Critically","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducation knows no boundaries but hot button issues,' like their students' love for comic books, highlight school, teacher and parent bias. Japanese comic books (\u003ci\u003emanga\u003c\/i\u003e) play an important role in the lives of most Taiwanese teenagers. This study includes surveys, a textual analysis of five student-selected \u003ci\u003emanga \u003c\/i\u003eseries and multiple interviews with students and educators about comics' appeal and educational value. Japanese \u003ci\u003emanga \u003c\/i\u003econtain complex and sometimes contradictory ideologies of ethnicity, gender, class, and violence. From an ethnic perspective, although students may glean cultural content from \u003ci\u003emanga \u003c\/i\u003eheroes and their retinues, people of color and non-Japanese Asians are either caricatures or non-existent. Taiwanese consumers seem largely unaware of this. Depictions of social and economic class distinctions are subtle although the dominant ideology of \u003ci\u003emanga \u003c\/i\u003ecreators is middle-class. \u003ci\u003eManga \u003c\/i\u003eaficionados are, for the most part, oblivious to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword – Introduction – A Freirian Approach to Comic Book Analysis – Methodology and Methods – Reactions of Taiwanese Students and Educators – Into the Great Comic Book Era – Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039687541079,"sku":"9781433188473","price":29.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433188473.jpg?v=1750944488","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-comic-books-critically-9781433188473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}