Does transgression become, as des5> Stallybrass & White point out, merely a safety valve sanctioned by des5> those controlling the, to use a slightly archaic term, "means of des5> production"? --Overall, an interesting , if somewhat cumbersomely phrased, point. Could you please give the citation for Stallybrass & White's comments? As a researcher in Japanese cinema history, it rings a bell with what I have consistently come across here. I'd like to check this out. Peter B. High Nagoya University %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%