02352nam 2200445 450 991082290380332120220519145118.01-4985-7015-1(CKB)3790000000535183(MiAaPQ)EBC5122195(Au-PeEL)EBL5122195(CaPaEBR)ebr11464060(OCoLC)1010583469(EXLCZ)99379000000053518320220519d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture /edited by Lorenzo J. Torres HortelanoLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2017]©20171 online resource (185 pages)1-4985-7014-3 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.Goddesses in mass mediaMass mediaJapanGoddesses in mass media.Mass media791.436829956Torres Hortelano Lorenzo J.1970-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822903803321Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture4106124UNINA