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In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage

In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage

Description

These essays consider the Godzilla films and how they shaped and influenced postwar Japanese culture, as well as the globalization of Japanese pop culture icons. There are contributions from Film Studies, Anthropology, History, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies and from Susan Napier, Anne Allison, Christine Yano and others.

Keywords

JAPAN_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS

2006Book

Author(s)William M. Tsutsui

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN9781403964618

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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