Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture

ISBN-13: 9781476668369 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 212 str.

Camille D. G. Mustachio

Opis

Dismissed as camp by critics but revered by fans, the kaiju or "strange creature" film has become an iconic element of both Japanese and American pop culture. In this collection of new essays, contributors examine kaiju representations in a range of contexts and attempt to define this at times ambiguous genre.