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Tokyo cyberpunk : Posthumanism in Japanese visual culture / by Steven T. Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.ISBN:
  • 023010360X (pbk.)
  • 9780230103603 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 777 BRO
Contents:
Posthumanism after Akira. Reading rhizomatically -- Machinic desires, desiring machines, and consensual hallucinations -- Machinic desires : Hans Bellmer\'s dolls and the technological uncanny in Ghost in the shell 2: innocence. An overview of innocence -- Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble -- From puppets to automata -- The uncanny mansion -- The dolls of Hans Bellmer -- Bellmer/Oshii -- On the innocence of dolls, angels, and becoming-animal -- Desiring machines: biomechanoid eros and other. Techno-fetishes in tetsuo: the iron man and its precursors. The birth of sexy robots -- After Metropolis, before tetsuo: Un chien andalou -- Giger\'s biomechanoids, erotomechanics, and metal fetishists -- The regular-size monsters of Matango -- Mutating from the inside out: The fly -- Long live the new flesh: videodrome -- The tentacle motif from Hokusai to Tetsuo -- Envisioning the machine-city after Blade runner -- Confrontations with the salaryman model: resisting hegemonic masculinity and state-sponsored capitalism -- Coda: co-opting Tetsuo in Tetsuo ii: body hammer -- Consensual hallucinations and the phantoms of electronic presence in Kairo and Avalon. Letting in ghosts, shutting out the sun -- Into the mise en abyme: spectral flows and the forbidden room -- The human stain: suicide in the shadow of Hiroshima -- Avalon and borderline cinema -- The society of the spectacle -- The surrealism of (virtually) everyday life -- Welcome to class real -- Conclusion. Software in a body: critical posthumanism and Serial experiments Lain. a shojo named lain -- Email from the dead -- Doppelgangers in cyberspace -- Desiring disembodiment -- The question of resistance.
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Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 700.952 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100533414
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 777 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100567636

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Posthumanism after Akira. Reading rhizomatically -- Machinic desires, desiring machines, and consensual hallucinations -- Machinic desires : Hans Bellmer\'s dolls and the technological uncanny in Ghost in the shell 2: innocence. An overview of innocence -- Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble -- From puppets to automata -- The uncanny mansion -- The dolls of Hans Bellmer -- Bellmer/Oshii -- On the innocence of dolls, angels, and becoming-animal -- Desiring machines: biomechanoid eros and other. Techno-fetishes in tetsuo: the iron man and its precursors. The birth of sexy robots -- After Metropolis, before tetsuo: Un chien andalou -- Giger\'s biomechanoids, erotomechanics, and metal fetishists -- The regular-size monsters of Matango -- Mutating from the inside out: The fly -- Long live the new flesh: videodrome -- The tentacle motif from Hokusai to Tetsuo -- Envisioning the machine-city after Blade runner -- Confrontations with the salaryman model: resisting hegemonic masculinity and state-sponsored capitalism -- Coda: co-opting Tetsuo in Tetsuo ii: body hammer -- Consensual hallucinations and the phantoms of electronic presence in Kairo and Avalon. Letting in ghosts, shutting out the sun -- Into the mise en abyme: spectral flows and the forbidden room -- The human stain: suicide in the shadow of Hiroshima -- Avalon and borderline cinema -- The society of the spectacle -- The surrealism of (virtually) everyday life -- Welcome to class real -- Conclusion. Software in a body: critical posthumanism and Serial experiments Lain. a shojo named lain -- Email from the dead -- Doppelgangers in cyberspace -- Desiring disembodiment -- The question of resistance.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgments (p. ix)
  • Introduction: Posthumanism after AKIRA (p. 1)
  • Reading Rhizomatically (p. 3)
  • Machinic Desires, Desiring Machines, and Consensual Hallucinations (p. 10)
  • Part I Machinic Desires: Hans Bellmer's Dolls and the Technological Uncanny in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (p. 13)
  • An Overview of Innocence (p. 14)
  • ôOnce their strings are cut, they easily crumbleö (p. 23)
  • From Puppets to Automata (p. 29)
  • The Uncanny Mansion (p. 32)
  • The Dolls of Hans Bellmer (p. 36)
  • Bellmer/Oshii (p. 44)
  • On the Innocence of Dolls, Angels, and Becoming-Animal (p. 50)
  • Part II Desiring Machines: Biomechanoid Eros and Other Techno-Fetishes in Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Its Precursors (p. 55)
  • The Birth of Sexy Robots (p. 56)
  • After Metropolis, Before Tetsuo: Un chien andalou (p. 60)
  • Giger's Biomechanoids, Erotomechanics, and Metal Fetishists (p. 64)
  • The ôRegular-Sizeö Monsters of Matango (p. 71)
  • Mutating from the Inside Out: The Fly (p. 72)
  • ôLong Live the New Fleshö: Videodrome (p. 79)
  • The Tentacle Motif from Hokusai to Tetsuo (p. 93)
  • Envisioning the Machine-City after Blade Runner (p. 99)
  • Confrontations with the Salaryman Model: Resisting Hegemonic Masculinity and State-Sponsored Capitalism (p. 105)
  • Coda: Co-opting Tetsuo in Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (p. 109)
  • Part III Consensual Hallucinations and the Phantoms of Electronic Presence in Kairo and Avalon (p. 111)
  • Letting In Ghosts, Shutting Out the Sun (p. 113)
  • Into the Mise en Abyme: Spectral Flows and the Forbidden Room (p. 120)
  • The Human Stain: Suicide in the Shadow of Hiroshima (p. 127)
  • Avalon and ôBorderline Cinemaö (p. 132)
  • The Society of the Spectacle (p. 137)
  • The Surrealism of (Virtually) Everyday Life (p. 140)
  • ôWelcome to Class Realö (p. 143)
  • Conclusion: Software in a Body: Critical Posthumanism and Serial Experiments Lain (p. 157)
  • A Shojo Named Lain (p. 161)
  • E-mail from the Dead (p. 162)
  • Doppelgängers in Cyberspace (p. 167)
  • Desiring Disembodiment (p. 176)
  • The Question of Resistance (p. 181)
  • Notes (p. 187)
  • Bibliography (p. 229)
  • Index (p. 247)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Steven T. Brown is the Director of Japanese Studies and Professor of Japanese Film Popular Culture at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Theatricalities of Power: The Cultural Politics of Noh, the editor of Cinema Anime, and the co-editor of Performing Japanese Women, a special issue of the feminist journal Women Performance.

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