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Memoirs Of A Public Intellectual, Chandan Gowda
Homosexuality In Fushigi Yuugi And Gravitation: An Investigation Into The Cultural Background Of Homosexuality In Japanese Animation, Michele Gibney
Homosexuality In Fushigi Yuugi And Gravitation: An Investigation Into The Cultural Background Of Homosexuality In Japanese Animation, Michele Gibney
Michele Gibney
This paper will delve into the following issues: how the Japanese view homosexual males and how the agency of the reader and/or viewer impacts the depictions of visual displays of intimate behavior by homosexual males. The purpose of this paper will be an attempt to define some sort of answer to each question within the context of the Japanese cultural products of manga and anime. I am going to dissect shifting sexualities as they are represented in two different examples of Japanese anime aimed at slightly differing audience groups. The two shows that I will focus on are: Fushigi Yuugi …
Hidden Spheres Of Politics, Chandan Gowda
Review Of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death, A Film By Stefan Haupt, John Steven Brantley
Review Of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death, A Film By Stefan Haupt, John Steven Brantley
Steve Brantley
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Bring It On: The Apocalypse Of George W. Bush, Marcus O'Donnell
Bring It On: The Apocalypse Of George W. Bush, Marcus O'Donnell
Marcus O'Donnell
This article examines a number of cinematic, literary and journalistic texts in the context of what film maker Tom Tykwer calls the “aesthetic memory” of September 11. In particular it explores the way these narratives relate to deeply embedded Western cultural myths of the apocalyptic. The apocalyptic language of American Christian fundamentalism and the heroic narratives of Hollywood film are explored as twin influences on a powerful civil religion dubbed by Jewett and Lawrence (2003) “The Captain America complex”.