E ASIAN 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Wang Jin, Gene Luen Yang, Shapeshifting
28 Feb 2020
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Cultural identity, especially of immigrants like asian-americans. How transnationalism og manga and/or comics is related to cultural identity. Lisa el refaie, transnational identity as shape-shifting, pg 33-34. Gene luen yang"s shape-shifting metaphor, by contrast, emphasizes the important role of the body in giving us a sense of cultural belonging or exclusion. This, i suggest, makes it particularly apt and illuminating analogy to use not only in stories about cultural identity but also in scholarly discussions about transnationality . Shape-shifting is a common theme in many american comic books, particularly in superhero comics such as superman, captain marvel, Transnational mix of ideas, not exactly a comic or a manga. Moral of the story: be true to your own identity, or else , it"s easy to become anything you wishso long as you"re willing to forfeit your soul. Famous from the journey to the west. Japanese influenced by the monkey king in the creation of.
