Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture.
Torres Hortelano, Lorenzo J.
Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Representations of Goddesses in Japanese Audiovisual Culture-A New Concept -- Chapter One. Kannon-sama and the Spirit of Compassion in Japanese Cinema -- Chapter Two. Suffering and Deification: The Goddess in Night Drum -- Chapter Three. The Profound Desire of the Goddess: Sexuality and Politics in The Insect Woman -- Chapter Four. Anime Goddesses and Their Hollywood Transformations -- Chapter Five. Lost Names, Deviant Attitudes, and the Ether: Goddesses in Contemporary Japanese Audiovisuals -- Chapter Six. The Humanization of the Goddess: Takahata Isao's Princess Kaguya -- Chapter Seven. Goddesses in Japanese Videogames: Tradition, Gameplay, Gender, and Power -- Chapter Eight. Ghostly Goddesses in Japanese Cinema -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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.
9781498570152
Goddesses in mass media.
Electronic books.
P96.G6452 D535 2017
302.230952
Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Representations of Goddesses in Japanese Audiovisual Culture-A New Concept -- Chapter One. Kannon-sama and the Spirit of Compassion in Japanese Cinema -- Chapter Two. Suffering and Deification: The Goddess in Night Drum -- Chapter Three. The Profound Desire of the Goddess: Sexuality and Politics in The Insect Woman -- Chapter Four. Anime Goddesses and Their Hollywood Transformations -- Chapter Five. Lost Names, Deviant Attitudes, and the Ether: Goddesses in Contemporary Japanese Audiovisuals -- Chapter Six. The Humanization of the Goddess: Takahata Isao's Princess Kaguya -- Chapter Seven. Goddesses in Japanese Videogames: Tradition, Gameplay, Gender, and Power -- Chapter Eight. Ghostly Goddesses in Japanese Cinema -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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.
9781498570152
Goddesses in mass media.
Electronic books.
P96.G6452 D535 2017
302.230952