Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan
"Allison brings an unusual mix of passion and imagination,  thoughtfulness and energy to her writing. This book will be controversial, which  is all to the good: it challenges us to see Japanese popular culture, sexuality,  and society in a new, angular light--and to rethink many comfortable truisms as  we do. A remarkable piece of work."  --John Comaroff, University of Chicago"An important work. . . . Permitted and Prohibited Desires is a valuable  contribution to anthropology and cultural studies, providing at once an  accessible introduction to some of the most influential recent Western  theoretical trends, and an experimental foray into the applicability of this  theory in a non-Western cultural setting."  --Karen Kelsky, Journal of the History  of Sexuality