| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 283 pages) |
| Contents |
Section 1: Mindful practices, creation, and the spirited process. Mindful animation for learning awareness / Graham Barton and Birgitta Hosea ; Transforming the intangible into the real: reflections on my selected animation works / Koji Yamamura ; Transforming the schizophrenic through cinematic therapy / Eileen Anastasia Reynolds -- Section 2: Objects, spirits, and characters. Animating artifact spirits in the 2.5-dimensional world: personification and performing characters in Token Ranbu / Akiko Sugawa-Shimada ; Heaven and earth: traditional sources of the dual identities of anime heroines / Raz Greenberg ; Metanoia in anime: rehabilitating demons, turning foes into allies / Richard J. Leskosky -- Section 3: Inspirations from the spiritual-cultural realm. Animating with the primordial pen: mystic and Sufi inspirations in calligraphic animation / M. Javad Khajavi ; Interpretations and thoughts of the animated self in Cowherd's Flute: highlighting the Daoist elements in Te Wei's watercolor-and-ink animation / Tze-yue G. Hu ; Interpreting Buddhist influences in Kawamoto's puppet animation: a psychologist's reflections and readings of his animation / Masao Yokota -- Section 4: Comics and children's literature: their transformative roles. "We are all humans": children's transformative interpretation of a comic on the Rwandan genocide / Gyongyi Horvath ; The "spiritual" role of the media? Heidi, Girl of the Alps in Japan and Korea / Giryung Park -- Section 5: Buddhist worldviews, interactions, and symbolism. Understanding Thai animation narratives: the presence of Buddhist philosophy and Thai cultural ideology / Millie Young ; Veiled Zen journeys through early Muromachi flower-and-bird paintings / Yuk Lan Ng ; Shadows of the Sun: animating Buddhist Dharma for art history / Yin Ker -- Epilogue / Tze-yug G. Hu and Masao Yokota |
| Summary |
"Getting in touch with a spiritual side is a craving many are unable to express or voice, but readers and viewers seek out this desired connection to something greater through animation, cinema, anime, and art. Animating the Spirited: Journeys and Transformations includes a range of explorations of the meanings of the spirited and spiritual in the diverse, dynamic, and polarized creative environment of the twenty-first century. While animation is at the heart of the book, related subjects such as fine art, comics, children's literature, folklore, religion, and philosophy enrich the discoveries. These interdisciplinary discussions range from theory to practice, within the framework of an ever-changing media landscape. Working on different continents and coming from varying cultural backgrounds, these diverse scholars, artists, curators, and educators demonstrate the insights of the spirited. Journeys and transformations abound, and writers examine and interpret these in the context of visual representations. Authors also size up new dimensions of mental health and related expressions of human living and interactions. While the book recognizes and acknowledges the particularities of the spirited across cultures, it also highlights its universality, demonstrating how it is being studied, researched, comprehended, expressed, and consumed in various parts of the world"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020) |
| Subject |
Spirituality in art.
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Animated films -- History and criticism.
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Animated television programs -- History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Animated films
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Animated television programs
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Spirituality in art
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hu, Tze-yue G., editor.
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Yokota, Masao, 1954- editor.
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Horvath, Gyongyi, 1987- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019046255 |
| ISBN |
1496826299 |
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9781496826275 |
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1496826272 |
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9781496826244 |
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1496826248 |
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9781496826282 |
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1496826280 |
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9781496826299 |
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