diff --git a/components/Footer.js b/components/Footer.js
index b3fa15c..6dc4595 100644
--- a/components/Footer.js
+++ b/components/Footer.js
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ const styles = css`
 `
 
 export async function Footer (ctx, { path, title }) {
-  ctx.css.add(styles)
-  ctx.body = await body(ctx, { path, title })
-
+  ctx.addCSS(styles)
+  ctx.setBody(await body(ctx, { path, title }))
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/components/Header.js b/components/Header.js
index 7c3bfd6..9076a46 100644
--- a/components/Header.js
+++ b/components/Header.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import base from '../styles/base.js'
 const body = async (ctx, { path, title }) => html`
   <header>
     <h3 style="flex: 1;">Title: ${sanitize(title)}</h3>
-    ${await ctx.b(NavBar, { path })}
+    ${await ctx.renderBody(NavBar, { path })}
   </header>
 `
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const styles = css`
 `
 
 export async function Header (ctx, { path, title }) {
-  ctx.css.add(styles)
-  ctx.body = await body(ctx, { path, title })
+  ctx.addCSS(styles)
+  ctx.setBody(await body(ctx, { path, title }))
 
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/components/NavBar.js b/components/NavBar.js
index 2875c21..074e4cc 100644
--- a/components/NavBar.js
+++ b/components/NavBar.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const styles = css`
 `
 
 export function NavBar (ctx, { path }) {
-  ctx.css.add(styles)
-  ctx.body = body(path)
+  ctx.addCSS(styles)
+  ctx.setBody(body(path))
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/pages/About.js b/pages/About.js
index 176d7e9..8c5bbf8 100644
--- a/pages/About.js
+++ b/pages/About.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const head = ({ title }) => html`
 `
 
 const body = async (ctx, { path, title }) => html`
-  ${await ctx.b(Header, { path, title })}
+  ${await ctx.renderBody(Header, { path, title })}
   <main id="app">
     <section>
       <h1>About Page - ${sanitize(title)}</h1>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const body = async (ctx, { path, title }) => html`
       </ul>
     </section>
   </main>
-  ${await ctx.b(Footer, { path, title })}
+  ${await ctx.renderBody(Footer, { path, title })}
 `
 
 const styles = css`
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ const styles = css`
 `
 
 export async function AboutPage (ctx, { path, title }) {
-  ctx.css.add(base)
-  ctx.css.add(styles)
-  ctx.head.add(head({ title }))
-  ctx.body = await body(ctx, { path, title })
+  ctx.addCSS(base)
+  ctx.addCSS(styles)
+  ctx.addHead(head({ title }))
+  ctx.setBody(await body(ctx, { path, title }))
 
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/pages/Home.js b/pages/Home.js
index fdce832..cf9a8c3 100644
--- a/pages/Home.js
+++ b/pages/Home.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const head = ({ title }) => html`
 `
 
 const body = async (ctx, { path, title }) => html`
-  ${await ctx.b(Header, { path, title })}
+  ${await ctx.renderBody(Header, { path, title })}
   <main id="app">
     <section>
       <h1>Home Page - ${sanitize(title)}</h1>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const body = async (ctx, { path, title }) => html`
       </p>
     </section>
   </main>
-  ${await ctx.b(Footer, { path, title })}
+  ${await ctx.renderBody(Footer, { path, title })}
 `
 
 const styles = css`
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ const styles = css`
 `
 
 export async function HomePage (ctx, { path, title }) {
-  ctx.css.add(base)
-  ctx.css.add(styles)
-  ctx.head.add(head({ title }))
-  ctx.body = await body(ctx, { path, title })
+  ctx.addCSS(base)
+  ctx.addCSS(styles)
+  ctx.addHead(head({ title }))
+  ctx.setBody(await body(ctx, { path, title }))
 
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/pages/Page.js b/pages/Page.js
index bd40e5f..d97f1ac 100644
--- a/pages/Page.js
+++ b/pages/Page.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { html, render } from '../templater.js'
 
 async function Root (ctx, component, ...params) {
-  const result = await ctx.render(component, ...params)
+  const result = await render(ctx, component, ...params)
   const scripts = Array.from(result.js).join(';\n')
   const css = Array.from(result.css).join('\n')
 
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ async function Root (ctx, component, ...params) {
 }
 
 export function page(component, ...params) {
-  return render(Root, component, ...params)
+  return render(null, Root, component, ...params)
 }
diff --git a/templater.js b/templater.js
index 470d0e5..f83ba81 100644
--- a/templater.js
+++ b/templater.js
@@ -13,29 +13,46 @@ export const css = tmpl
 export const javascript = tmpl
 
 // Stupid-simple "sanitization". Just enough for this demo, not for production.
-export function sanitize(str) {
+export function sanitize (str) {
   if (typeof str !== 'string') return str
   return str.split('<').join('&lt;')
 }
 
-// Shorthand to render a component and retrieve the body.
-async function b(component, ...params) {
-  return (await this.render(component, ...params)).body
-}
+function contextFactory (parentCtx) {
+  const head = new Set()
+  const css = new Set()
+  const js = new Set()
+  let body = ''
 
-// Shorthand to render a component and retrieve the head.
-async function h(component, ...params) {
-  return (await this.render(component, ...params)).head
-}
+  const addHead = str => {
+    head.add(str)
+    if (parentCtx) parentCtx.addHead(str)
+  }
+  const addCSS = str => {
+    css.add(str)
+    if (parentCtx) parentCtx.addCSS(str)
+  }
+  const addJS = str => {
+    js.add(str)
+    if (parentCtx) parentCtx.addJS(str)
+  }
+  const setBody = str => (body = str)
+  const renderBody = async (component, ...params) => {
+    debugger;
+    (await render(parentCtx, component, ...params)).body
+  }
 
-// Shorthand to render a component and retrieve the css.
-async function c(component, ...params) {
-  return (await this.render(component, ...params)).css
-}
-
-// Shorthand to render a component and retrieve the js.
-async function j(component, ...params) {
-  return (await this.render(component, ...params)).js
+  return {
+    head,
+    css,
+    js,
+    body,
+    renderBody,
+    addHead,
+    addCSS,
+    addJS,
+    setBody
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -45,22 +62,9 @@ async function j(component, ...params) {
  * @returns {Object<head: Set, css: Set, js: Set, body: String|null, render: Function>}
  * An object containing head elements, css, js, and body text returned by the rendered component.
  */
-export async function render(component, ...params) {
+export async function render (parentCtx, component, ...params) {
   // Create a new context to pass to a component for each rendering.
-  const ctx = {
-    head: new Set(),
-    css: new Set(),
-    js: new Set(),
-    body: null,
-  }
-  // Add render functions to the context object, bound to the current context.
-  // This ensures any calls to render child components will have the parent context bound as "this", allowing copying
-  // child render results into parent context without having to pass the parent context explicitly to every child component.
-  ctx.render = render.bind(ctx)
-  ctx.b = b.bind(ctx)
-  ctx.h = h.bind(ctx)
-  ctx.c = c.bind(ctx)
-  ctx.j = j.bind(ctx)
+  const ctx = contextFactory(parentCtx)
 
   // Attempt to load result from cache by component name and params.
   const key = hash([component.name, params])
@@ -74,14 +78,6 @@ export async function render(component, ...params) {
   // Store result to cache if it wasn't already present.
   if (!stored) toCache(key, result)
 
-  // Results with a parent context will copy child context fields into parent context.
-  // This enables straightforward component-level caching of body, head, css, and js at the cost of higher memory usage.
-  if (this) {
-    result.head.forEach(r => this.head.add(r))
-    result.css.forEach(r => this.css.add(r))
-    result.js.forEach(r => this.js.add(r))
-  }
-
   // Return result context object to caller.
   return result
 }