<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>just a note on BFG: I am quite taken by the early history and different arguments from Tom Lamarre's work, which has a totally different take on girlzzzz. k <br> </div>Prof. Dr. Katherine Mezur<br>Research Fellow<br>International Research Center<br>"Interweaving Performance Cultures"<br>Freie University Berlin<br>Grunewaldstr. 34<br>12165 Berlin(-Steglitz), Germany<br>Tel.: +49 30 838 50448<br>Fax: +49 30 838 50449<br>kmezur@sbcglobal.net<br><br><div>Home:<br>1100 Miller Ave.<br>Berkeley, CA 94708<br>Tel. and Fax: 510-845-0554<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, April 22, 2011 8:10:27 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> BEAUTIFUL FIGHTING GIRL<br></font><br>
From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture<br><br>BEAUTIFUL FIGHTING GIRL<br>By Saito Tamaki<br>Translated by J. Keith Vincent and Dawn Lawson<br>Introduction by J. Keith Vincent<br>Commentary by Hiroki Azuma<br>University of Minnesota Press | 248 pages | 2011<br>ISBN 978-0-8166-5451-2 | paperback | $19.95<br>ISBN 978-0-8166-5450-5 | hardcover | $60.00<br><br>From Sailor Moon to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the worlds of Japanese anime and manga teem with prepubescent girls toting deadly weapons. Saitō Tamaki offers a sophisticated and convincing interpretation of this alluring and capable figure. For, Saitō the beautiful fighting girl is a complex sexual fantasy that paradoxically lends reality to the fictional spaces she inhabits.<br><br>PRAISE FOR BEAUTIFUL FIGHTING GIRL:<br>"A foundational book illuminating the phenomenon of cool Japan, Beautiful Fighting Girl explains the global
desire for images of little girls that kick ass. Saitō’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<br><br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<br>Saitō Tamaki is director of medical service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Japan. A practicing psychiatrist in the Lacanian tradition, he is the author of numerous books in Japanese on adolescence and popular culture.<br><br>J. Keith Vincent is assistant professor of Japanese and comparative
literature at Boston University.<br><br>Dawn Lawson is New York University’s East Asian studies librarian.<br><br>Hiroki Azuma is a leading cultural critic in Japan.<br><br>For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/saito_beautiful.html">http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/saito_beautiful.html</a></span><br><br>Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press:<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/mediaalert.html">http://www.upress.umn.edu/mediaalert.html</a></span><br><br>Please email me if you have any questions.<br>--<br>Heather Skinner, Publicist<br>University of Minnesota Press<br>111 3rd Ave S, Ste. 290<br>Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520<br><a ymailto="mailto:skinn077@umn.edu" href="mailto:skinn077@umn.edu">skinn077@umn.edu</a><br>v * 612-627-1932<br>f * 612-627-1980<br></div></div></div><div
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