Rewriting History in Manga

1. Introduction: Manga as “Banal Memory”
Nissim Otmazgin

Part I. Historicizing Political Manga

2. Kitazawa Rakuten as Popular Culture Provocateur: Modern Manga Images and Riotous Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
Michael Lewis

3. Early Meiji Manga: The Political Cartoons of Kanagaki Robun and Kawanabe Kyôsai
Orna Shaughnessy

Part II. Postwar Manga as History

4. Bodies of Anger: Atomic Survivors in Nakazawa Keiji’s Black Series Manga
Michele M. Mason

5. Redacting Japanese History: Ishinomori Shōtarō’s Graphic Narratives
Roman Rosenbaum

6. Manga, History, and Telling Stories of the Past: Narrative Strategies in Shanaō Yoshitsune
Barbara Hartley

Part III. Decoding and Recoding History: Manga Reception and Parody

7. Decoding “Hate the Korean Wave” and “Introduction to China”: A Case Study of Japanese University Students
Alexander Bukh

8. History as Sexualized Parody: Love and Sex Between Nations in Axis Powers Hetalia

Toshio Miyake

9. Reassessing Manga History, Resituating Manga in History
Rebecca Suter

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Cultural Theory, Youth Culture, Asian Politics