Yearly Archives: 2012

8 posts

Book Review – Anime and Philosophy

Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin, Ed.  Anime and Philosophy.  Chicago: Open Court, 2010. Ada Palmer It is a healthy sign that, as both the economy and the publishing industry shrink, books on anime and manga continue to proliferate.  The design of a manga syllabus was once little more than a […]

Book Review – Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shōjo Manga

Jennifer S. Prough. Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shōjo Manga. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2011. Deborah Shamoon There was a time when all scholarly writing on manga and anime had to begin with a disclaimer explaining their importance and significance for uninformed Western readers. […]

Book Review – Darger’s Resources

Moon, Michael. Darger’s Resources. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012. J. Keith Vincent Henry Darger (1892-1973) was a reclusive Chicago janitor who spent six decades writing and illustrating a sprawling, 15,145-page narrative about seven glamorous and gutsy little girls leading a child slave rebellion against an evil empire. By all indications Darger […]