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Rayna Denison

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Rayna Denison is a British film and arts scholar.

Biography

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Denison pursued Japanese studies at the University of Oxford, continuing to the University of Nottingham to attain her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.[1] She has previously taught as a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia.[2] Denison is a professor and the head of the department of film and television at the University of Bristol.[3] She co-edited the collection Superheroes on World Screens, which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work in 2016.[4]

Selected bibliography

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  • ——— (2015). Anime: A Critical Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-7681-1.
  • ———; Mizsei-Ward, Rachel, eds. (2015). Superheroes on World Screens. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-6284-6234-0.
  • ———, ed. (2018). Princess Mononoke: Understanding Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-5013-2976-0.
  • ——— (2023). Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-16843-7.

References

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  1. ^ "Anime: A Critical Introduction". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ Moon, Kat (20 July 2021). "How Spirited Away changed animation forever". Time. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Dr Rayna Denison". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ Brown, Luke (23 July 2016). "Brilliant art, tremendous stories, and daring creators: The 2016 Eisner Award winners". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

Further reading

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