"Manga in America: Transnational book publishing and the domestication of Japanese comics," by Casey Brienza

Authors

  • Kathryn Hemmann George Mason University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2018.1372

Keywords:

Japan, Publishing, Translation, Localization, Transcultural flow, Fans as producers, Japanese popular culture

Abstract

Review of Casey Brienza, Manga in America: Transnational book publishing and the domestication of Japanese comics. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Hardback £70 (232p) (ISBN 978-1472595867); paperback £21.99 (232p) (ISBN 978-1472595874); e-book £23.74 (ISBN 978-1472595881).

Author Biography

Kathryn Hemmann, George Mason University

Assistant Professor of Japanese, Department of Modern and Classical Languages
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Published

2018-06-15

Issue

Vol. 27 (2018): Tumblr and Fandom

Section

Book review

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