Fantasy and reality in Miyazaki's animated world

@article{Rustin2012FantasyAR,
  title={Fantasy and reality in Miyazaki's animated world},
  author={Michael Rustin and Margaret Rustin},
  journal={Psychoanalysis, Culture \& Society},
  year={2012},
  volume={17},
  pages={169-184}
}
This article explores the Japanese animated films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, which are outstanding contributions to contemporary popular culture. It describes their representation of developmental experiences of children and adolescents and compares them with work in the British and American traditions of children's fiction. It deploys psychoanalytic perspectives to suggest that one of their many admirable qualities is their sensitivity to the unconscious anxieties of normal children… 
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