£120.00
Publication Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic USA
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 - 15 May 2024
Description
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Princess Mononoke (1997) is one of anime's most important films. Hayao Miyazaki's epic fantasy broke domestic box office records when it came out in Japan, keeping pace with the success of Hollywood films like Titanic (1997). Princess Mononoke was also the first of Studio Ghibli's films to be distributed outside Japan as part of a new deal with Disney subsidiary Buena Vista International. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the release of the film, Rayna Denison curates this new collection to critically reflect on Princess Mononoke's significance within and beyond Japanese culture. The collection investigates the production, and re-production, processes involved in the making of Princess Mononoke into a global phenomenon and reevaluates the film's significance within a range of global markets, animation techniques, and cultures.
In revisiting this undeniably important film, the collection sheds light on the tensions within anime and the cultural and social issues that Princess Mononoke explores, from environmental protection to globalization to the representation of marginalized groups. In this remarkable new collection, Princess Mononoke is examined as a key player during a major turning point in Japanese animation history.
Contents
Introducing Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess: From Mononokehime to Princess Mononoke (Rayna Denison, University of East Anglia, UK)
Section 1: Intellectualizing Miyazaki: Politics, Religion and the Environment in Princess Mononoke
1. Princess Mononoke: A Game Changer for Hayao Miyazaki (Shiro Yoshioka, Newcastle University, UK)
2. Deer Gods, Nativism and History: Mythical and archaeological layers in Princess Mononoke, (Eija Niskanen, Helsinki University, Finland)
3. To "See with Eyes Unclouded by Hate": Princess Mononoke and the Quest for Environmental Balance (Tracey-Lynn Daniels, University of Texas, Arlington, USA) and (Matthew Lerberg, University of Texas, Arlington, USA)
Section 2: Princess Mononoke's Female Characters: Animation Influences, Feminism and Cultural Liminality
4. Spirit Princess and Snow Queen: The Soviet Roots of Princess Mononoke (Julia Alekseyeva, Harvard University, USA)
5. Teenage Wildlife: Princess Mononoke and the danger of feminine power in the works of Hayao Miyazaki (Helen McCarthy, Independent Scholar and Anime Commentator)
6. Beyond Girlhood in Ghibli: Mapping heroine development against the adult woman anti-hero in Princess Mononoke (Alice Vernon, Aberystwyth University, UK)
Section 3: A Transnational Princess: The Adaptation, Promotion and Reception of Princess Mononoke
7. The Translation and Adaptation of Miyazaki's Spirit Princess in the West (Jennifer E. Nicholson, University of Sydney, Australia)
8. Marketing Mononoke: The "Daihitto" becoming "Disney"' (Laz Carter, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK)
9. Homer, Ovid, Disney and Star Wars: The critical reception and transcultural popularity of Princess Mononoke (Emma Pett, University of East Anglia, UK)
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