Miyazakiworld: A LIFE IN ART – Susan Napier

Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art

Author: Susan Napier

Publisher: Yale University Press

Print Length: 344 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Art & Design

Topic: Art & Design, Arts-Based Method, Creative Writing, Writing

A thirtieth‑century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red‑haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit—what do these have in common? They all spring from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest living animators, known worldwide for films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises.
 
Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of this extraordinary Japanese filmmaker to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre. Napier insightfully illuminates the multiple themes crisscrossing his work, from empowered women to environmental nightmares to utopian dreams, creating an unforgettable portrait of a man whose art challenged Hollywood dominance and ushered in a new chapter of global popular culture.

Prologue: In Search of Miyazakiworld

  1. Hametsu
  2. Constructing an Animator
  3. The Joy of Movements
  4. Ups and Downs: Castle of Cagliostro
  5. Nausicaa and “the Feminine Principle
  6. Orphans of the Sky: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
  7. Umbrellas in the Haunted Forest: Transcending National and Personal Trauma in My Neighbor Totoro
  8. The Witch and the City: Time, Space, and Gender in Kiki’s Delivery Service
  9. Porco Rosso Lands in Casablanca
  10. From Messiah to Shaman: The Nausicaa Manga Seeks Light in the Darkness
  11. The Faces of Others: Boundary Crossing in Princess Mononoke
  12. The Intimate Apocalypse of Spirited Away
  13. The Castle, the Curse, and the Collectivity: Howl’s Moving Castle
  14. Rich and Strange: The Apocalypse of the Innocents in Ponyo
  15. “A Terrible Wind”: The Wind Rises
  16. Conclusion

 

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

 

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Susan Napier is Goldthwaite Professor of Rhetoric and Japanese Studies at Tufts University, where she teaches courses on film and Japanese culture, and the author of Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art.

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