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here-and-faraway
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I always thought Susan Napier's book was trying too hard to fit a huge format (anime) into her own slanted theories. God knows what she's going to write about anime fans. . .
I went to the University of Minnesota website to check out the table of contents of Mechademia. LOL. I have a BA and Masters in Literature and the titles brought me back to my university days. The publication has titles like "A Japanese Electra and Her Queer Progeny", "Bridges of the Unknown: Visual Desires and Small Apocalypses", and "Sex and the Single Pig: Desire and Flight in Porco Rosso". Makes me nostalgic. ^_^ |
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dizzywulf
Posts: 102 Location: Wakayama, Japan |
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Yeah I heard that same opinion from some fans who took her class a couple years ago. I'm wondering the same thing. |
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Chiaki777
 Posts: 65 Location: Bay Area, California |
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Yep, I'm reading her second book right now, actually a revision of her first book. The book mentioned here is actually her third book in a sense.
The book isn't all that good. It's very slanted to her themes of the apocalypse, festival, and elegy. Those are fine themes to go over, but certainly not the only ones. I like her work in small slices without the broad title that suggest an overview of anime, especially when she presents a very limited and narrow one. According to her, there's only two male archetypes in hentai, the demon and the comical voyeur; according to her, Gundam isn't that important. I don't even like Gundam that much, and I know that's wrong. *sigh* Mechademia though, that's a good book. I reviewed the first volume, and I enjoyed reading it. I'm awaiting the second volume right now. |
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Xenofan 29A
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I liked her book. When she has a point she makes it well, and she's good at writing (which seems rare these days). However, I agree that she often reads into things...like a Freudian. Ugh.
But really, the chapter on Princess Mononoke alone makes her first book worthy of purchase. |
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