Transnational Kaiju : : Exploitation, Globalisation and Cult Monster Movies /

Transnational Kaiju : : Exploitation, Globalisation and Cult Monster Movies / / Steven Rawle.

Examines the ways in which the kaijū eiga has developed into a global genreFocusses on a largely non-Hollywood genre Examines the ways in which globalisation has contributed to the spread and popularisation of the genreExplores the means by which fandoms contribute to the understanding of global gen...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
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Rawle, Steven,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 38 B/W illustrations 38 B&W images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction ‘Every Country Has a Monster’
  • CHAPTER 1 National Films, Transnational Monsters
  • CHAPTER 2 The First Monster Boom
  • CHAPTER 3 Exchanging Monsters: Korean Kaijū
  • CHAPTER 4 Distributing Kaijū: Localisation and Exploitation
  • CHAPTER 5 ‘Paul Bunyan Never Fought Rodan’
  • CHAPTER 6 Legendary Monsters
  • Conclusion: The Limiting Imagination of Transnational Monsters
  • References
  • Index

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