EROTICISM FOR THE MASSES: JAPANESE MANGA COMICS AND THEIR ASSIMILATION INTO THE U.S.
In this article, we describe translated Japanese comics or "manga" with sexual content. Because in the West comics have been treated as junk culture, they lack canons for critical analysis. We have developed methods for analyzing manga that focus on objective assessment of content, on reader subject...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 3 - 127 |
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