Japanese Aesthetics and Anime

Japanese Aesthetics and Anime The Influence of Tradition

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study addresses the relationship between Japanese aesthetics, a field steeped in philosophy and traditional knowledge, and anime, a prominent part of contemporary popular culture. There are three premises: (1) the abstract concepts promoted by Japanese aesthetics find concrete expression at the most disparate levels of everyday life; (2) the abstract and the concrete coalesce in the visual domain, attesting to the visual nature of Japanese culture at large; and (3) anime can help us appreciate many aspects of Japan's aesthetic legacy, in terms of both its theoretical propositions and its visual, even tangible, aspects.

Book information

ISBN: 9780786471515
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43340952
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 207
Weight: 328g
Height: 152mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 15mm