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The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters

The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters - Paperback

by Jason Barr
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jason BarrAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2016-02-11Pages:212
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786499632ISBN-10:078649963XUPC:9780786499632Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC71H9T4PE

The Kaiju (strange monster or strange beast) film genre has a number of themes that go well beyond the "big monsters stomping on cities" motif. Since the seminal King Kong 1933) and the archetypal Godzilla (1954), kaiju has mined the subject matter of science run amok, militarism, capitalism, colonialism, consumerism and pollution.

This critical examination of kaiju considers the entirety of the genre--the major franchises, along with less well known films like Kronos (1957), Monsters (2010) and Pacific Rim (2013). The author examines how kaiju has crossed cultures from its original folkloric inspirations in both the U.S. and Japan and how the genre continues to reflect national values to audiences.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786499632ISBN-10:078649963XUPC:9780786499632Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC71H9T4PE
Jason Barr is an associate professor at Blue Ridge Community College. His work has appeared in African American Review, Explicator, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, and The Journal of Caribbean Literatures, among others. He lives in Weyers Cave, Virginia.
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