Taiwan Comics
Formats
Paperback/English
USD 27.00
Description
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the comics culture of Taiwan. Under martial law (1949-87), Taiwan's comics culture was shaped by an intriguing mix: mainland Chinese traditions of political cartoons (manhua) and popular "picture books" (lianhuanhua) existed side by side with pirated and often obscured Japanese manga. Triangulating the sociology of culture, media history, and comics studies, the book investigates the hybridity of Taiwan comics with regard to the intri