Beautiful Fighting Girl - Softcover

Tamaki, Saito; Azuma, Hiroki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816654514 ISBN 13: 9780816654512

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2011

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

"A foundational book illuminating the phenomenon of cool Japan, Beautiful Fighting Girl explains the global desire for images of little girls that kick ass. Sait ’s uncomfortably deep understanding of the particulars of this Japanese phenomenon allows us to finally begin to answer questions about the far-reaching implications of the now nearly universal fetish, of our atomizing technologies of interactivity, and of our obsessions with new media. Its place in contemporary letters is nearly unparalleled and I wouldn’t be surprised if this book gives that once a decade jostle leading to the n-th wave of feminism or a complete reconfiguration of our understanding of male desire." —Jonathan E. Abel, Pennsylvania State University

From the Author:

Saito Tamaki is a practicing psychiatrist and medical director of the Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Chiba, Japan. He is the author of more than two dozen books. J. Keith Vincent is assistant professor of Japanese and comparative literature at Boston University.Dawn Lawson is New York University’s East Asian studies librarian. Hiroki Azuma is a leading cultural critic in Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816654514
• ISBN 13: 9780816654512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248