In Anime's Identity, Stevie Suan examines how anime's recognizable media-form—no matter where it is produced—reflects the problematics of globalization. Anime’s Identity deftly merges theories from media studies and performance studies, introducing innovative formal concepts that connect anime to questions of dislocation on a global scale, creating a transformative new lens for analyzing popular media.
Title: Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form beyond Japan
Author: Stevie Suan
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: Nov 2021
Publisher Homepage: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/animes-identity