Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of YokaiUniversity of California Press, 3 nov 2008 - 312 páginas 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. |
Índice
Introduction to the Weird | 1 |
Natural History of the Weird Encyclopedias Spooky Stories and the Bestiaries of Toriyama Sekiem | 30 |
Science of the Weird Inome Enryo Kokkuri and Human Electricity | 77 |
Museum of the Weird Modernity Minzokugaku and the Discovery of Yokai | 115 |
Media of the Weird Mizuki Shegeru and Kuchisakeonna | 160 |
Yokai Culture Past Present Future | 204 |
Notes | 217 |
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Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai Michael Dylan Foster Vista previa restringida - 2009 |
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