Il fumetto cinese. Introduzione ai manhua e ai lianhuanhua

Chinese comics have multiple personalities, storytelling styles, and a complex sociocultural and aesthetic history. The present book is a rigorous essay with numerous insights into China's long and complex history, necessary to understand the influence society has had on the development of such a unique and fascinating art, and also offering an alternative look at the great and distant Asian power. The essay will appeal to several types of readers: from the curious about China, who want to get closer to its culture by taking an unconventional route; to sinologists, who will enrich their knowledge by looking at familiar historical-literary phenomena from a different point of view; to comic book enthusiasts, who wonder what China has to say and show that is so peculiar and whether, on this discourse, it is worth investing time and energy.