Christopher Bolton
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6095198 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Christopher Bolton |
| NOMBRES | Christopher |
| APELLIDO | Bolton |
| FIRMA | BOLTON C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Oregon |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1987 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Interpreting Anime
"Well-known through hit movies like Spirited Away, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell, anime has a long history spanning a wide range of directors, genres, and styles. Christopher Bolton's Interpreting Anime is a thoughtful, carefully organized introduction to Japanese animation for anyone eager to see why this genre has remained a vital, adaptable art form for decades. Interpreting Anime is easily accessible and structured around individual films and…
From Ground Zero to Degree Zero
From Ground Zero to Degree Zero: Akira from Origin to Oblivion Christopher Bolton (bio) Let me begin with my own origin story. It was in March 1990 at the Music Box Theater in Chicago that I first saw Akira, and as the anime unfolded from its astonishing opening sequence, it set off a reaction in me. It was one of a series of encounters with Japanese film and fiction that year that propelled a software engineer improbably into graduate school in …
Introduction
Introduction: The Limits of “The Limits of the Human” Christopher Bolton (bio) As Frenchy Lunning points out in this volume’s opening statement, the limits of the human constitute a theme that has been at the center of manga and anime for quite some time, but it is only relatively recently, with the explosion of academic interest in the posthuman, that criticism’s attention has turned to this question, or at least to this formulation of its peren…
From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls
Research Article| August 01 2002 From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls: Mechanical Bodies in Anime and Japanese Puppet Theater Christopher A. Bolton Christopher A. Bolton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (2002) 10 (3): 729–771. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-10-3-729 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher A. Bolton; From Wooden Cyborgs to…
An Interview with K omatsu Sakyô
The Mecha’s Blind Spot
The giant “labors” (robots) and their human pilots featured in Oshii Mamoru’s “mecha” anime Patlabor 2 (1993) are split figures that reflect technology’s power to magnify or enhance the human while simultaneously threatening dehumanization. In Patlabor 2, these machines enhance perception while simultaneously creating new blind spots for the humans inside. Through his focus on vision (and its blind spots), Oshii’s labors become figures that criti…
Two Essays on Science Fiction
Funeral Rituals and the Facilitation of Grief Work
Although professionals in the field of death education and counseling agree that grieving is essential in adjusting to the loss of a loved one, there remain numerous questions about how to best facilitate successful grief work. The study reported here endeavored to determine the nature of pre-, during-, and post-funeral rituals and the potential of those rituals in the facilitation of grief work. Fifty widowed individuals (forty-seven women) were…
From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls
Research Article| August 01 2002 From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls: Mechanical Bodies in Anime and Japanese Puppet Theater Christopher A. Bolton Christopher A. Bolton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (2002) 10 (3): 729–771. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-10-3-729 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher A. Bolton; From Wooden Cyborgs to…
Funeral Rituals and the Facilitation of Grief Work
Although professionals in the field of death education and counseling agree that grieving is essential in adjusting to the loss of a loved one, there remain numerous questions about how to best facilitate successful grief work. The study reported here endeavored to determine the nature of pre-, during-, and post-funeral rituals and the potential of those rituals in the facilitation of grief work. Fifty widowed individuals (forty-seven women) were…
From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls
Research Article| August 01 2002 From Wooden Cyborgs to Celluloid Souls: Mechanical Bodies in Anime and Japanese Puppet Theater Christopher A. Bolton Christopher A. Bolton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (2002) 10 (3): 729–771. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-10-3-729 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher A. Bolton; From Wooden Cyborgs to…
An Interview with K omatsu Sakyô
The Mecha’s Blind Spot
The giant “labors” (robots) and their human pilots featured in Oshii Mamoru’s “mecha” anime Patlabor 2 (1993) are split figures that reflect technology’s power to magnify or enhance the human while simultaneously threatening dehumanization. In Patlabor 2, these machines enhance perception while simultaneously creating new blind spots for the humans inside. Through his focus on vision (and its blind spots), Oshii’s labors become figures that criti…
Two Essays on Science Fiction
Introduction
Introduction: The Limits of “The Limits of the Human” Christopher Bolton (bio) As Frenchy Lunning points out in this volume’s opening statement, the limits of the human constitute a theme that has been at the center of manga and anime for quite some time, but it is only relatively recently, with the explosion of academic interest in the posthuman, that criticism’s attention has turned to this question, or at least to this formulation of its peren…
From Ground Zero to Degree Zero
From Ground Zero to Degree Zero: Akira from Origin to Oblivion Christopher Bolton (bio) Let me begin with my own origin story. It was in March 1990 at the Music Box Theater in Chicago that I first saw Akira, and as the anime unfolded from its astonishing opening sequence, it set off a reaction in me. It was one of a series of encounters with Japanese film and fiction that year that propelled a software engineer improbably into graduate school in …
Interpreting Anime
"Well-known through hit movies like Spirited Away, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell, anime has a long history spanning a wide range of directors, genres, and styles. Christopher Bolton's Interpreting Anime is a thoughtful, carefully organized introduction to Japanese animation for anyone eager to see why this genre has remained a vital, adaptable art form for decades. Interpreting Anime is easily accessible and structured around individual films and…
Japanese History and Culture (6 obras) · Art (5 obras) · Anime (4 obras) · Art history (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (3 obras) · Literature (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 obras)