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

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

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Author / Creator:Rhoads, Sean, 1985- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Description:vii, 218 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
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.
Ecology in motion pictures.
Environmentalism.
Environmentalism in motion pictures.
Monster films.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Monsters -- Symbolic aspects.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11450416
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Other authors / contributors:Okazaki, Brooke McCorkle, 1980- author.
ISBN:9781476663906
1476663904
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

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