Tōjisha Manga

Japan’s Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health

Yoshiko Okuyama

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Palgrave Macmillan
31 August 2022

Graphic novels: history & criticism; Popular culture; Disability: social aspects; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

This book defines tōjisha manga as Japan’s autobiographical comics in which the author recounts the experience of a mental or neurological condition in a unique medium of text and image. Yoshiko Okuyama argues that tōjisha manga illuminate otherwise “faceless” individuals and humanize their invisible tribulations because the first-person narrative makes their lived experience more authentic and relatable to the reader. Part I introduces the evolution of the term tōjisha, the tōjisha movements, and other relevant social phenomena and concepts. Part II analyzes five representative titles to demonstrate the humanizing power of tōjisha manga, drawing on interviews with the authors of these manga and examining how psychological or brain-related symptoms are artistically depicted in approximately 40 drawings. This book is highly recommended to not only scholars of disability studies and comic studies but also global fans of manga who are interested in the graphic memoirs of serious social issues.

By: Yoshiko Okuyama
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 534g
ISBN: 9783031008399
ISBN 10: 3031008391
Pages: 295
Publication Date: 31 August 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Tōjisha.- 2. Tōjisha Narratives.- 3. Essay Manga.- 4. Okita Bakka’s Gaki-Tame Series (2011-2013): A Memoir of a “Troublemaker” Aspie Girl.- 5. Nonami Tsuna’s Akira-san Series (2011-2017): A Memoir of a “Cassandra” Wife.- 6. Tanaka Keiichi’s Utsunuke (2017): An Ode to Depression Tōjisha.- 7. Hosokawa Tenten’s Tsure utsu Series (2006-2013): A Couple’s Lived Experience of Depression.- 8. Shiramizu Sadako’s Uchi no OCD (2015): A Collaborative Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- 9. Afterword.

Yoshiko Okuyama is Professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, USA. Her recent publications include Japanese Mythology in Film: A Semiotic Approach to Reading Japanese Film and Anime (2015) and Reframing Disability in Manga (2020).