Ōtomo’s exploding Cities: The Intersection of Class and City in Ōtomo Katsuhiro’s works before and during the Bubble Economy in Japan

  • Sebastian Fitz-Klausner (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed talk › unknown

Description

Are there any connections between the representation of urban landscapes (especially apocalyptic ones) and the notion of class in Japan? If so, how do they change during times of prosperity and recession? I examine how the image of urban landscape and its destruction in important anime and manga are interconnected with the discourse of class in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s. These works present the image of the (exploding) city and its possible change over time, but also, suggest a shift in discussions of class in the once called “classless society“.
Period03 Jul 2015
Event titleAX Anime and Manga Studies Symposium
Event typeConference
LocationUnited StatesShow on map

Fields of science

  • 604011 Film studies
  • 605004 Cultural studies
  • 602020 Japanese studies
  • 601008 Science of history
  • 504014 Gender studies

JKU Focus areas

  • Gender Studies

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