Rayna Denison

British film scholar

Rayna Denison is a British film and arts scholar.

Biography

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

——— (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

^ "Anime: A Critical Introduction". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ Moon, Kat (20 July 2021). "How Spirited Away changed animation forever". Time. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "Dr Rayna Denison". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ 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.