Isbn: 9780520253629 - pandemonium and parade: japanese monsters and the culture of yokai (11 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yokai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This book offers a history of the strange and mysterious in Japan and seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b/w drawings, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464. 2008. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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. …

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yokai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This book offers a history of the strange and mysterious in Japan and seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclop.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Pandemonium and Parade - Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai | Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai | Michael Dylan Foster | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2008 | University of California Press | EAN 9780520253629 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…