CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
P A R T O N E
INTRODUCTION
C H A P T E R 1
Why Anime?
C H A P T E R 2
Anime and Local/Global Identity
P A R T T W O
BODY, METAMORPHOSIS, IDENTITY
C H A P T E R 3
Akira and Ranma 1/2: The Monstrous Adolescent
C H A P T E R 4
Controlling Bodies: The Body in Pornographic Anime
C H A P T E R 5
Ghosts and Machines: The Technological Body
C H A P T E R 6
Doll Parts: Technology and the Body in Ghost in the Shell
MAGICAL GIRLS AND FANTASY WORLDS
C H A P T E R 7
The Enchantment of Estrangement: The Shojo in the World ofMiyazaki Hayao
C H A P T E R 8
Carnival and Conservatism in Romantic Comedy
P A R T F O U R
REMAKING MASTER NARRATIVES: ANIME CONFRONTS HISTORY
C H A P T E R 9
No More Words: Barefoot Gen, Grave of the Fireflies, and “Victim’s History”
C H A P T E R 10
Princess Mononoke: Fantasy, the Feminine, and the Myth of “Progress”
C H A P T E R 11
Waiting for the End of the World: Apocalyptic Identity
C H A P T E R 12
Elegies
C O N C L U S I O N
A Fragmented Mirror
A P P E N D I X
The Fifth Look: Western Audiences and Japanese Animation
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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