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Japan's green monsters : environmental commentary in Kaiju cinema /

This book provides a new interpretation of these monsters, or kaijū, and their respective movies. Analyzing Japanese history, society and film, the authors demonstrate various ways in which this monster cinema tackles environmental and ecological issues, from nuclear power and industrial pollution t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rhoads, Sean, 1985- (Author), Okazaki, Brooke McCorkle, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Subjects:
Monster films > Japan > History and criticism.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Environmentalism in motion pictures.
Ecology in motion pictures.
Monsters > Symbolic aspects.
Environmentalism > Japan.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Japan.
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Summary:This book provides a new interpretation of these monsters, or kaijū, and their respective movies. Analyzing Japanese history, society and film, the authors demonstrate various ways in which this monster cinema tackles environmental and ecological issues, from nuclear power and industrial pollution to biodiversity and climate change.
Physical Description:vii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476663906
1476663904