Nancy Lunning is an American academic who specializes in anime. She is a Professor Emeritus in Liberal Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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| Discipline | Popular culture |
| Sub-discipline | Anime and manga |
| Institutions | Minneapolis College of Art and Design |
Biography edit
Nancy Lunning[1] received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa and her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Hamline University.[2] In 2000, she received her PhD in Design, Housing and Apparel from the University of Minnesota.[1] She became a professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1980, and she was director of their SES program from 1994 until 2010.[3] Lunning later became Professor Emeritus in Liberal Arts.[4]
As an academic, Lunning specializes in anime and manga. She and Sandra Annett are the co-editors of Mechademia, an academic journal on Japanese popular culture;[5] she alone was also the editor of the journal's first run from 2006 until 2015.[6] In 2013, she published Fetish Style, a book on fetish fashion.[7] In 2022, she wrote the book Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence.[6] She has also served as the director of the Schoolgirls and Mobile Suits conference and its successor Mechademia Conference.[8] She has also written chapters on object-oriented ontology.[6]
Outside of academia, she also worked in the film industry, as a costume designer and stage manager, and also as a producer for Moving Walkway Productions, a film production company specializing in music videos.[8][9] She was a guest at KakkoiCon 2008 and AniMinneapolis 2011, two anime conventions in her local Minneapolis.[6]
Publications edit
- Fetish Style (2013)
- Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence (2022)[10][11][12]
References edit
- ^ a b "Awards" (PDF). Kaleidoscope. University of Minnesota. 2006. p. 26. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Fall 2019 Faculty". MCAD MFA. August 26, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ Lunning, Frenchy. "Frenchy Lunning". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Faculty". Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Editorial Team". Mechademia. September 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Frenchy Lunning". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "Fetish Style". Bloomsbury. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "Frenchy Lunning". North Dakota State University. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "About". Moving Walkway Productions. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ Mountfort, Paul (2023). "Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence by Frenchy Lunning (review)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture. 8 (1): 138–149. doi:10.5325/jasiapacipopcult.8.1.0138. ISSN 2380-7687. S2CID 259331228 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ MrAJCosplay; Cartoon Cipher (January 18, 2024). "Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ Berge, P. S. (December 14, 2022). "Book Review: Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence". Journal of Anime and Manga Studies. 3: 276–280. doi:10.21900/j.jams.v3.1132. ISSN 2689-2596.