How does the radiation make you feel? The emotional criticism of nuclear power in the science fiction manga Coppelion.

Autor: Li, Carl K.
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Zdroj: Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics; Feb2017, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p33-45, 13p
Abstrakt: This article examines the methods by which the mangaCoppelionby Inoue Tomonori (2008–2016) criticises nuclear power through highly emotional characterisation, as well as visual and narrative techniques common to manga. A series about radiation-immune teenagers rescuing the survivors of a post-meltdown Tokyo, this article argues thatCoppelionpresents three different strategies for addressing the subject of radiation that utilise either directly or indirectly characters’ emotions and their role within a science fictional environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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