Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai

Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese...
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Author: Michael Dylan Foster
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Language: English
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Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai by Foster, Michael Dylan

Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai

CHF 76.78

Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai

CHF 76.78
Author: Michael Dylan Foster
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Michael Dylan Foster
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 11/03/2008
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.14w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780520253629

About the Author
Michael Dylan Foster is Assistant Professor of Folklore and East Asian Cultures at Indiana University.

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