From Artmaking to Identity Making: The Significance of Manga in the Identity-Construction of Young American Adults- A Lacanian Approach - Softcover

Chen, Hsiao-ping

 
9783844321746: From Artmaking to Identity Making: The Significance of Manga in the Identity-Construction of Young American Adults- A Lacanian Approach
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3844321748 ISBN 13: 9783844321746
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This study examines the identity construction of five manga fans by exploring their creation of comics and their cosplay. Certain identity themes emerged through a Lacanian interpretation using a qualitative/interpretivist paradigm, and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with participants, including their cosplay photos as well as their manga drawings and stories. Specifically, Lacan's concepts of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real were used to interpret these participants' identities. The study showed not only that identity is not always determined by the Symbolic (conscious act), but also that it is governed by unconscious desire and fantasy (of the Real). While unconscious desire (Real) continues to break the fixibility of identity, the Symbolic remains an oppressed ruling Other that determines which identity is positive and which negative. The Imaginary is a most important outlet in terms of identity building for the subject, the freedom to make changes, and the power to heal one's fixity against change (provide hope) in light of the Other's gaze.

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This study examines the identity construction of five manga fans by exploring their creation of comics and their cosplay. Certain identity themes emerged through a Lacanian interpretation using a qualitative/interpretivist paradigm, and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with participants, including their cosplay photos as well as their manga drawings and stories. Specifically, Lacan's concepts of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real were used to interpret these participants' identities. The study showed not only that identity is not always determined by the Symbolic (conscious act), but also that it is governed by unconscious desire and fantasy (of the Real). While unconscious desire (Real) continues to break the fixibility of identity, the Symbolic remains an oppressed ruling Other that determines which identity is positive and which negative. The Imaginary is a most important outlet in terms of identity building for the subject, the freedom to make changes, and the power to heal one's fixity against change (provide hope) in light of the Other's gaze.

Biografía del autor

Hsiao-ping Chen is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at Grand Valley State University. She received her PhD in art education from The Ohio State University. Her research interests include computer technologies, identity formation, youth and popular culture from a Lacanian framework.

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Verlag
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3844321748
ISBN 13 
9783844321746
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
212
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