Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yokai /

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Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and...

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Japanese monsters and the culture of Yōkai
Front matter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgments --
Note On Japanese Names And Terms --
1. Introduction To The Weird --
2. Natural History Of The Weird: Encyclopedias, Spooky Stories, And The Bestiaries Of Toriyama Sekien --
3. Science Of The Weird: Inoue Enryō, Kokkuri, And Human Electricity --
4. Museum Of Theweird: Modernity, Minzokugaku, And The Discovery Of Yōkai --
5. Media Of The Weird: Mizuki Shigeru And Kuchi-Sake-Onna --
6. Yōkai Culture: Past, Present, Future --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
1. Verfasser:
Foster, Michael Dylan
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media. Focusing on the intertwining of belief and commodification, fear and pleasure, horror and humor, he illuminates different conceptions of the "natural" and the "ordinary" and sheds light on broader social and historical paradigms-and ultimately on the construction of Japan as a nation.
Umfang:
1 online resource (311 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
ISBN:
9786612772474
9781282772472
1282772473
9780520942677
0520942671
Schlagworte:
Animals, Mythical > Japan.
Supernatural.
Spirits.
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