Tokyo Cyberpunk

Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture

Steven T. Brown (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2010
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-10359-7 (ISBN)

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Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Steven T. Brown draws new conclusions about the cultural flow of art, as well as important technological issues of the day.

STEVEN T. BROWN is a Professor of Japanese and Comparative Film & Popular Culture at the University of Oregon, USA.

Introduction: Posthumanism after AKIRA PART I: MACHINIC DESIRES: HANS BELLMER'S DOLLS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL UNCANNY IN GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE PART II: DESIRING MACHINES: BIOMECHANOID EROS AND OTHER TECHNO-FETISHES IN TETSUO: THE IRON MAN AND ITS PRECURSORS PART III: CONSENSUAL HALLUCINATIONS AND THE PHANTOMS OF ELECTRONIC PRESENCE IN KAIRO AND AVALON Conclusion: Software in a Body: Critical Posthumanism and Serial Experiments Lain

Zusatzinfo	VII, 256 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-230-10359-6 / 0230103596
ISBN-13	978-0-230-10359-7 / 9780230103597
Zustand	Neuware