Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture / / edited by Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 pages)
• Disciplina: 791.436829956
• Soggetto topico: Goddesses in mass media; Mass media - Japan
• Persona (resp. second.): Torres HortelanoLorenzo J. <1970->
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture
• ISBN: 1-4985-7015-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796205203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II