Beautiful Fighting Girl
"A foundational book illuminating the phenomenon of cool Japan,Beautiful Fighting Girlexplains the global desire for images of little girls that kick ass.  Sait ’s uncomfortably deep understanding of the particulars of this  Japanese phenomenon allows us to finally begin to answer questions about  the far-reaching implications of the now nearly universal fetish, of  our atomizing technologies of interactivity, and of our obsessions with  new media. Its place in contemporary letters is nearly unparalleled and I  wouldn’t be surprised if this book gives that once a decade jostle  leading to the n-th wave of feminism or a complete reconfiguration of  our understanding of male desire." —Jonathan E. Abel, Pennsylvania State  University