Pandemonium and Parade

Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-25362-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 433 g

Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media. Focusing on the intertwining of belief and commodification, fear and pleasure, horror and humor, he illuminates different conceptions of the "natural" and the "ordinary" and sheds light on broader social and historical paradigms—and ultimately on the construction of Japan as a nation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foster, Michael Dylan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Japanese Names and Terms

1. Introduction to theWeird

2. Natural History of theWeird: Encyclopedias, Spooky Stories, and the Bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien

3. Science of theWeird: Inoue EnryO, Kokkuri, and Human Electricity

4. Museum of theWeird: Modernity, Minzokugaku, and the Discovery of YOkai

5. Media of theWeird: Mizuki Shigeru and Kuchi-sake-onna

6. YOkai Culture: Past, Present, Future

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Dylan Foster is Assistant Professor of Folklore and East Asian Cultures at Indiana University.