{"id":276034,"date":"2021-06-16T14:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:16:50","slug":"names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away\/","title":{"rendered":"#Names, Autonomy, and the Changing Self in Spirited Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc80165445\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc80165445\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CSpirited_Away_Whats_in_a_Name%E2%80%9C\" >Watch \u201cSpirited Away: What\u2019s in a Name\u201c:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away\/#Who_Made_This\" >Who Made This?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/names-autonomy-and-the-changing-self-in-spirited-away\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Names, Autonomy, and the Changing Self in Spirited Away<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>, Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on the metaphor of names and identity in Spirited Away.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>As in folk tales and some forms of magical thinking, in <em><strong>Spirited Away<\/strong><\/em>, names have great power. Within the context of <strong>Hayao Miyazaki\u2019<\/strong>s 2001 film, names are an essential part of the self. The fiercely capitalistic Yubaba deprives her employees of their true identities to control them. Chihiro\u2019s memory of her human name is what keeps her bound to the land of the living. No-Face\u2019s lack of identity leaves them wandering and insatiable, consuming everything in sight in a desperate bid to feel whole.<\/p>\n<p>But, as the video essay below suggests, this perceived correlation between naming and understanding undercuts the film\u2019s more porous stance on identity and selfhood. Namely: that change, be it of oneself or of one\u2019s home, is inevitable. At its core, <em>Spirited Away\u00a0<\/em>is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who feels her sense of identity crumbling during a big transitional phase in her life: a move to the suburbs. As the video essay notes, we never see where Chihiro is coming from or where she\u2019s going. We meet her in this liminal, in-between zone \u2014 where, fittingly, she stumbles into the spirit realm.<\/p>\n<p>Chihiro\u2019s real-world fears of leaving her old self behind are mirrored in her new, fantastical plight to reclaim her and her parents\u2019 autonomy.\u00a0 Of course, Chihiro ultimately succeeds in returning to her own plane of existence. But when she does, she is not the same melancholic, immature girl we met at the beginning of the film. As permanent or as powerful as your name may feel, you, yourself, are in flux. A<span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">nd the identities and autonomies we choose and check in on are just if not more nurturing than the ones that we inherit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CSpirited_Away_Whats_in_a_Name%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>Watch \u201c<b>Spirited Away: What\u2019s in a Name<\/b>\u201c:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirited Away: What's in a Name\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/467843907?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Made_This\"><\/span>Who Made This?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video is about names in <em>Spirited Away<\/em> is by <strong>Grace Lee<\/strong>. We\u2019ve\u00a0covered their work on FSR before and with good reason: they\u2019re an expert at tackling dense and challenging content with a keen eye, elegant flourish, and overwhelming cultural fluency. You can follow Lee on their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel <strong>What\u2019s So Great About That?<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3g8YdblbqlUAKEeAJbzMYw\">here<\/a>. You can follow Lee on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whatssograce\">here<\/a>. And you can support Lee on Patreon\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whatssograce\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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