I don't think I can make this presentation tonight but it looks interesting.
Philip Cunningham: "IMAGES OF THE U.S.& CHINA IN JAPANESE MANGA"
Date: Tuesday, February 8
Time: 5:20pm - 7pm
Location: Temple University Japan, room #206/207
Tomorrow, February 8 (Tues), Philip Cunningham will give a guest lecture at
TUJ from 5:20 - 7pm in rooms 206/7. Cunningham is currently a Fulbright
Fellow, at Kyoto Seika University. A former Harvard University Nieman
Fellow (1998), he has worked as a journalist in Asia for over 20 years,
principally in China and Thailand. He is the author of the novel Peacock
Hotel (2004 Blackberry Press), has served as a consultant for such movies as
Stephen Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun," and writes regularly for The Japan
Times.
For the lecture at TUJ, Cunningham will speak about images of the U.S. and
China in Japanese manga, with a brief historical overview, illustrated by
war time comics, and then on to current magazines dealing with hot topics
such as China trade, 9-11 America, and Kobayashi Yoshinori's on-going
illustrated anti-American rant in Sapio. The lecture will emphasize the use
of manga to revisit and revise the history of WW2, focusing on Shueisha's
suspension and censorship of the historical manga series "Kuni ga Moeru" by
Motomiya Hiroshi, which irritated right-wing anti-China ideologues for its
graphic depiction of the Nanjing massacre.
This lecture is free and open to everyone. For more information:
Kyle Cleveland, ICJS Director
Temple University Japan
Tel. 03-5441-9800 or mobile 090-4606-9779
General inquiries: TUJ Information Center
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Access:
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walk from Shirokane Takanawa Station (subway); a 10-minute walk from Azabu
Juban Station (subway); and a 15-minute walk from Tamachi Station, served by
the JR and subway.
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