出版における書物の物質性をめぐって : 電子書籍・装丁/ブックデザイン・マンガ(<特集>メディアの物質性)

抄録

This paper studies the materiality of books in the publishing industry. Bearing in mind the criticism of the argument that books have materiality but electronic books do not, the authors examine the materiality of books by focusing on the following three themes: electronic books, book design and comics. The authors organize the concept of materiality used in discussions about books in order to show that unity with the content of books has great significance and the concept of materiality has been affected especially by the aspects of books as three-dimensional objects. Although electronic books do not fully reproduce the materiality of books in print, they have their own materiality, which has caused changes in expression in comics. The authors also show that the publishing industry has traditionally been built on materiality. The argument that emphasizes the materiality of books leads to the denial of publishing by mass replication. Finally, focusing on issues regarding value and prices in the media, the authors point out that arguments about the materiality of publication treat the value of text and that of material as unified, thereby revealing that materiality produces value.