Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form Beyond Japan

by Stevie Suan

A formal approach to anime rethinks globalization and transnationality under neoliberalism

Anime has become synonymous with Japanese culture, but its global reach raises a perplexing question--what happens when anime is produced outside of Japan? Who actually makes anime, and how can this help us rethink notions of cultural production? In Anime's Identity, Stevie Suan examines how anime's recognizable media-form--no matter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151791177X
• ISBN13: 9781517911775
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"