Japanese Aesthetics and Anime: The Influence of Tradition

by Dani Cavallaro

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786471514
• ISBN13: 9780786471515
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher