Yay for Buruma, qualified yay for Morris (did you notice he's really big on the fundamental passivity of the Heian aristocracy? yeah, that actually isn't terribly well-supported in the evidence). As for Napier and Levi: Preach it!
And hooray for Azuma! If you liked his book you should absolutely read Tom Lamarre's The Anime Machine.
I have the Dylan Foster book; he's written some excellent essays in Mechademia, actually. Ditto for Drazen (with whom I sometimes have bones to pick, honestly) and Lamarre.
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Date: 22 May 2010 03:29 pm (UTC)And hooray for Azuma! If you liked his book you should absolutely read Tom Lamarre's The Anime Machine.
I have the Dylan Foster book; he's written some excellent essays in Mechademia, actually. Ditto for Drazen (with whom I sometimes have bones to pick, honestly) and Lamarre.