{"product_id":"manga-murder-and-mystery-the-boy-detectives-of-japans-lost-generation-paperback","title":"Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan's Lost Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMimi Okabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eManga, Murder and Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shonen (boy) detective in commercially successful manga series such as \u003ci\u003eDetective Conan, The Case Files of Young Kindaichi, Death Note \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoriarty the Patriot. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book explores how these popular works tackle the crisis of young adult culture within the socioeconomic climate of Japan's 'lost decade' and Heisei era, broadly speaking. Mimi Okabe shows how detective manga materialized in a nation undergoing a state of crisis and how the boy detective emerged as a site of national trauma to address perceived youth problems but in thematically different ways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMimi Okabe\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning instructor and is currently a clinical assistant professor in the Asian Studies program at SUNY Buffalo, USA. She has published several papers in international journals as well as book chapters on Japanese media and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44765362552918,"sku":"9781350325135","price":69.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/7433\/0198\/files\/nPRLMJKSrT9781350325135.webp?v=1779336544","url":"https:\/\/duanes-world-2.myshopify.com\/products\/manga-murder-and-mystery-the-boy-detectives-of-japans-lost-generation-paperback","provider":"Duane's World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}