ISBN:
1403970521
,
1403970513
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 355 S., [8] Bl.
,
Ill.
,
22 cm
Edition:
Updated ed., [Rev. ed.]
DDC:
791.43340952
Keywords:
Animated films Japan
;
Animation
;
Film
;
Popkultur
;
Gender
;
Massenmedien
;
Filmwissenschaft
;
Japan
;
Zeichentrickfilm
Abstract:
Why anime? -- Anime and local/global identity -- Akira and Ranma 1/2 : the monstrous adolescent -- Controlling bodies : the body in pornographic anime -- Ghosts and machines : the technological body -- Doll parts : technology and the body in Ghost in the shell -- Stray : gender panics, masculine crises, and fantasy in Japanese animation -- The enchantment of estrangement : the Sh¿jo in the world of Miyazaki Hayao -- Now you see her, now you don't : the disappearing Sh¿jo -- Carnival and conservatism in romantic comedy -- No more words : Barefoot gen, Grave of the fireflies, and "victim's history" -- Princess Mononoke : fantasy, the feminine, and the myth of "progress" -- Waiting for the end of the world : apocalyptic identity -- Elegies -- Conclusion : a fragmented mirror
Description / Table of Contents:
Why anime? -- Anime and local/global identity -- Akira and Ranma 1/2 : the monstrous adolescent -- Controlling bodies : the body in pornographic anime -- Ghosts and machines : the technological body -- Doll parts : technology and the body in Ghost in the shell -- Stray : gender panics, masculine crises, and fantasy in Japanese animation -- The enchantment of estrangement : the Shōjo in the world of Miyazaki Hayao -- Now you see her, now you don't : the disappearing Shōjo -- Carnival and conservatism in romantic comedy -- No more words : Barefoot gen, Grave of the fireflies, and "victim's history" -- Princess Mononoke : fantasy, the feminine, and the myth of "progress" -- Waiting for the end of the world : apocalyptic identity -- Elegies -- Conclusion : a fragmented mirror.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342) and index
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005054743-b.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005054743-d.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005054743-t.html
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