Japan's Green Monsters
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6390-6 (ISBN)
In 1954, a massive irradiated dinosaur emerged from Tokyo Bay and rained death and destruction on the Japanese capital: Godzilla. Over the course of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, Godzilla and other monsters such as Mothra and Gamera continually plague Japan and its people. These Japanese giant monsters, known as kaijū, and their respective movies, or kaijū eiga, have gained notoriety and cult status around the world. But what do these terrifying creatures represent?
In this book, Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle provide a new interpretation on this popular film genre. The authors argue that in addition to giant monsters, metropolitan mayhem, space travel, and alien invasions, across the genre kaijū eiga consistently address contemporary environmental concerns and ecological issues. By analyzing different aspects of Japanese history, society, and film, Rhoads and McCorkle demonstrate the various ways Japan’s monster cinema tackles issues ranging from nuclear power and industrial pollution to biodiversity and climate change.
Sean Rhoads is a film historian, Japanologist, and lifelong monster cinema aficionado. He has taught courses on East Asia at Philadelphia University and Alvernia University and has published work on Godzilla and environmentalism in G-Fan magazine, and presented lectures on Japanese monster cinema at G-FEST and academic conferences. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Brooke McCorkle is a music historian, Japanologist, and double bassist. She is currently a visiting assistant professor of musicology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. In addition to numerous academic presentations, she has published her work on music and film in edited volumes, Oxford Bibliographies Online, Horror Studies, and the Journal of Fandom Studies. She lives in Rochester, New York.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Japanese Giant Monster Movies
2. Nuclear Terror and Radioactive Landscapes
3. Godzilla, Nature and Nuclear Revenge
4. Mothra, Marx, Mother Nature
5. The Decline of Cinema and Rise of Monsters
6. Daikaijū Gamera: Consuming Natural Resources
7. 1970s Japan: “A polluter’s paradise”
8. Smog, Sludge and Hippies: Godzilla vs. Hedorah
9. Gamera vs. Zigra: A Tale of Space Invaders and the Sea
10. The Bubble and the Beasts: Kaijū eiga of the 1980s
11. Rebirth of Mothra: Daikaijū and the Environment in the Post-Bubble Era
12. Prevailing Concerns in the New Millennium
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6390-4 / 1476663904 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6390-6 / 9781476663906 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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