Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture
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Dialectics of the goddess in Japanese audiovisual culture
Lexington Books, c2018
- : cloth
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Through provocative essays by specialists in different aspects of Japanese culture, this book provides an historical and analytical survey of the presence of Goddesses in Japanese audiovisual culture from its origins to the present day. It shows how these feminine myths are represented in Japan; not only as beneficial or creative deities, but also the archetypal strong or dominant woman that sometimes overshadows masculine figures and heroes, or as influential figures. Therefore, it analyzes this rich dialectic of the feminine and how the audiovisual culture has represented it thus far in film, TV series, and video games made in Japan. While many theories have been proposed to explain the presence of Goddesses in Japan, this book's focus on audiovisual culture explores how this corpus challenges the traditional conceptions of the feminine as related to Goddesses.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Representations of Goddesses in Japanese Audiovisual Culture: A New Concept
Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
1. Kannon-sama and the Spirit of Compassion in Japanese Cinema
Linda C. Ehrlich
2. Suffering and Deification: The Goddess in Night Drum
Sybil A. Thornton
3. The Profound Desire of the Goddess: Sexuality and Politics in The Insect Woman
Irene Gonzalez-Lopez
4. Anime Goddesses and their Hollywood Transformations
Dolores P. Martinez
5. Deviant Attitudes, Lost Names and the Ether: Goddesses in Contemporary Japanese Audiovisuals
Jose Montano
6. The Humanization of the Goddess: Isao Takahata's Princess Kaguya
Laura Montero
7. Goddesses in Japanese Videogames: Tradition, Gameplay, Gender, and Power
Victor Navarro-Remesal
8. Ghostly Goddesses in in Japanese Cinema
Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
Notes on contributors
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