Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke : experiencing contemporary Japanese animation /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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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
- The enchantment of estrangement : the shōjo in the world of Miyazaki Hayao
- 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
- Appendix : The fifth look : Western audiences and Japanese animation.
