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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Yoshiko Okuyama, "TĹjisha Manga: Japanâs Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Description: Yoshiko Okuyama's book TĹjisha Manga: Japanâs Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) defines tĹjisha manga as Japanâs autobiographical comics in which the author recounts the experience of a mental or neurological condition in a unique medium of text and image. Yoshiko Okuyama argues that tĹjisha manga illuminate otherwise âfacelessâ individuals and humanize their invisible tribulations because the first-person narrative makes their lived experience more authentic and relatable to the reader. Part I introduces the evolution of the term tĹjisha, the tĹjisha movements, and other relevant social phenomena and concepts. Part II analyzes five r...