From Impressionism to Anime

From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West
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AuthorSusan J. Napier
LanguageEnglish
SubjectJaponisme, anime
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages258 pp (first edition)
ISBN1-4039-6214-6

From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West is a scholarly book by Susan J. Napier, published in 2007 by Palgrave Macmillan. It connects Japanophilia, Orientalism, Japonisme, and the modern anime and manga fandom.

Reception

Anime News Network's Mikhail Koulikov commends the book for making "interesting but logical assertions about the reasons behind the popularity of anime in America. Claims and inferences are well supported by both specific examples and references".[1] However, he criticizes the book for "too much reliance on interviews raises issues of ignoring other viewpoints".[1] Rayna Denison from the University of East Anglia, writing for Participations, comments that Napier's "account is more epochal than holistic, and its account of Japanese-Western engagements is one more concerned with French, American and some British points of contact, rather than with mapping a full history of Japanese-Western relationships".[2][page needed]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Koulikov 2008.
  2. ^ Denison 2009.

Sources

Further reading

  • Bolton, Christopher (2009). "From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West by Susan J. Napier". Pacific Affairs. 82 (2): 339–341. ISSN 0030-851X. JSTOR 25608888.
  • Iles, Timothy (2008). "From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West by Susan J. Napier". Japanese Language and Literature. 42 (2): 523–530. ISSN 1536-7827. JSTOR 30198078.
  • Martinez, Dolores P. (2009). "From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 35 (1): 120–124. doi:10.1353/jjs.0.0053. ISSN 1549-4721.
  • Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr. (June 2008). "From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West". Choice. Vol. 45, no. 10. p. 1755. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.45-5370 (inactive July 1, 2025). ISSN 0009-4978.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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