Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai /
Monsters known as yōkai 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 imagination ove...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Monsters known as yōkai 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 imagination over three centuries. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 291 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520942677 0520942671 0520253612 9780520253612 0520253620 9780520253629 |