After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away; the Japanese director Hayao Miyazakirsquo;s animated films were dubbed into many languages. Some of the films are saturated with religious themes distinctive to Japanese culture. How were these themes; or what Miyazaki describes as ldquo;animism;rdquo; received abroad; especially considering that they are challenging to translate? This book examines how American and German audiences; grounded on Judeo-Christian traditions; responded to the animism in Miyazakirsquo;s Nausicaauml; of the Valley of the Wind (1984); My Neighbor Totoro (1988); Princess Mononoke (1997); Spirited Away (2001); and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008). By a close reading of adaptations and film reviews; and a study of transitions in their verbal and visual approaches to animism; this book demonstrates that the American and German receptions transcended the conventional view of an antagonistic relationship between animism and Christianity. With the ability to change their shapes into forms easily accessible to other cultural arenas; the anime films make a significant contribution to inter-religious dialogue in the age of secularization.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Insight into an American treasure.By MeanBrewShe was truely an American treasure and way before her time. This book gives some insight into her extraordinary life.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Between Lives: An Artist and Her WorldBy Maria TThe book is very interesting if you like to know about the life and art of Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst. In addition to that you will find out about other great artists from the surrealist circle. The reason I gave it three stars is because I didnt like the style in which it was written.9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. You want to have coffe with this artistBy Stuart PearsonTanning turns out to be not just one of the most under-appreciated artists of her time; but a thoroughly delightful writer. The book is almost whimsical in its telling of her life with and without Max Ernst. Her descriptions of finding her muse; working against inertia; picking up emotional wreckage and continually finding herself anew are inspiring and told in such flowing prose you find yourself wanting to spend an afternoon with this wondrous woman. At the time of this review; shes still alive and kicking at 101 and I thank her so much for her extraordinary paintings; her delightful poetry (still getting published in New Yorker magazine) and this wonderful account of her life as artist/muse/wife and survivor.
