Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Foreword to the Updated Edition Why Anime? Anime and Global/Local Identity PART TWO: BODY, METAMORPHOSIS, 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 PART THREE: MAGICAL GIRLS AND FANTASY WORLDS The Enchantment of Estrangement: The Shojo in the World of Miyazaki Hayao Now You See Her, Now You Don't: The Disappearing Shojo Carnival and Conservatism in Romantic Comedy PART FOUR: REMAKING MASTER NARRATIVES: ANIME CONFRONTS HISTORY No More Words: Barefoot Gen, Grave of 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

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SUSAN NAPIER is Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. She is a recognized expert on anime both in the United States and in Japan, where she was invited by the government to speak about anim?'s role in culture.

About the Author

SUSAN NAPIER is Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. She is a recognized expert on anime both in the United States and in Japan, where she was invited by the government to speak about anime's role in culture.

Reviews

Reviews of the first edition: '...a thoughtful and carefully researched account...' -The New York Times 'Napier draws a rather complete picture of Japanese animation as a legitimate art form, and uses anime as a key to the culture that creates it...' - Entertainment Weekly 'This worthy addition to the burgeoning literature on Japanese popular culture will stand the test of time.' - Choice