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Adult Manga : Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society (Consumasian Book Series) by Sharon Kinsella Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-8248-2318-4 / 0824823184 ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2318-4 / 9780824823184 This text examines the rise and fall of Japan's mammoth comic industry since the 1960s. In her history of the manga industry, Sharon Kinsella documents the structure and history of manga, probes into its related subculture and the anti-nerd "otaku" panic, and examines the difficult and fascinating r |