Oshii's Avalon

[Steven Brown]

Patrick,

In addition to what Brian has already mentioned, you might also want to check out my just published book Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture, which includes extensive analysis of Avalon in the context of a discussion of electronic presence and techno-addiction.

For more info, see:

http://us.macmillan.com/tokyocyberpunk

Steven

On Aug 2, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Brian Ruh <brianruh at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Hi Patrick,
> 
> There's a chapter on Avalon in my book "Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii." Now whether or not this would fall under the "anything good" category is up to personal interpretation.
> 
> A couple of others off the top of my head:
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> Ingram, Susan and Markus Reisenleitner (2006) "Polarizing Avalon: The European virtuosity and global virtuality of Mamoru Oshii's filmic imaginary." New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film 4 (2): 129-138.
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> Hayles, N. Katherine (2006) "Traumas of Code." Critical Inquiry 33 (1): 135-57. Also in "Critical Digital Studies: A Reader," ed. Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker.
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> == Brian
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> --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Patrick Crogan <Patrick.Crogan at uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> From: Patrick Crogan <Patrick.Crogan at uwe.ac.uk>
>> Subject: Oshii's Avalon
>> To: "KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 8:24 AM
>> Hi folks
>> (hope I haven't sent this query before, my mind dims with
>> each passing day....)
>> 
>> But has anyone written or read anything good on Oshii's
>> Avalon?
>> 
>> thanks
>> patrick
>> 
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