The Council on East Asian Studies presents:
Dawn-Elissa Fischer - Associate Professor, San Francisco State University: “Representing the Unseen: Blackness in Manga, Anime.”
This presentation discusses Black femme characters in anime and manga-inspired media. That is, the “work of representation” as well as race, identity and cultural politics are brought to the forefront in this dialogue concerning the transnational as translational in Japanese feminist critique of film and media. Examples of popular manga, anime and genre-inspired film are examined. Audience is encouraged to bring samples to share and explore during Q & A.
Dawn-Elissa Fischer is an associate professor at SF State University. She teaches, researches and writes about international Black popular culture, art and music in Japan. She is also a Nasir Jones Fellowship recipient and has worked on special programs/special collections with the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, Harvard University for two decades.