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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foster, Michael Dylan, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the weird
  • Natural history of the weird : encyclopedias, spooky stories, and the bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien
  • Science of the weird : inoue enryō, kokkuri, and human electricity
  • Museum of the weird : modernity, minzokugaku, and the discovery of yōkai
  • Media of the weird : Mizuki Shigeru and kuchi-sake-onna
  • Yōkai culture : past, present, future.