'Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble': Uncanny Dolls in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Lectures  |  Fri, May 9, 2008 3:30 PM, Speaker: Steven Brown  Director of Japanese Literature and Film, East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon   Professor Brown's teaching and research cover topics ranging from strategies of sexuality and power in medieval Japanese literature and drama to the history of women in Japanese forms of theatricality; from the invention of feminine writing in women's diaries to figurations of the cyberpunk city in anime; from the staging of proper names and bodies in Nietzsche to the philosophical engagements of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Sponsor info.: UW Japan Studies Program, East Asia Center and the Simpson Center. (http://jsis.washington.edu/japan/) 206-543-4391 Annette Bernier abernier@u.washington.edu Location: 120 Communications, Cost: FREE

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