{"product_id":"when-manga-came-to-america-julian-darius-9781940589039","title":"When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Sequart Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Darius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940589037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940589039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sequart Research \u0026amp; Literacy Organization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Julian Darius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896937603327,"sku":"9781940589039","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f08d3956-2eeb-49f2-9657-e60b8e077b2b.jpg?v=1721372733","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-manga-came-to-america-julian-darius-9781940589039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}