Japanese Aesthetics and Anime
Download or Read eBook Japanese Aesthetics and Anime PDF written by Dani Cavallaro and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Dani Cavallaro |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2013-01-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780786471515 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0786471514 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Japanese Aesthetics and Anime by : Dani Cavallaro
Book excerpt: 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.
