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Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture /

This collection of essays analyzes the audiovisual representation of Goddesses in Japanese popular culture. It proposes a dialectics of the different conceptions of the feminine as taken up in Japanese film, television, and video games.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Torres Hortelano, Lorenzo J., 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: representations of goddesses in Japanese audiovisual culture: a new concept / Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
  • Kannon-sama and the spirit of compassion in Japanese cinema / Linda C. Ehrlich
  • Suffering and deification: the goddess in Night drum / Sybil A. Thornton
  • The profound desire of the goddess: sexuality and politics in the insect woman / Irene González-López
  • Anime goddesses and their Hollywood transformations / Dolores P. Martinez
  • Deviant attitudes, lost names and the ether: goddesses in contemporary Japanese audiovisuals / José Montaño
  • The humanization of the goddess: Isao Takahata's Princess Kaguya / Laura Montero
  • Goddesses in Japanese videogames: tradition, gameplay, gender, and power / Víctor Navarro-Remesal
  • Ghostly goddesses in in Japanese cinema / Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano.