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Kaiju Film
A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters
Av Jason Barr
Häftad, 2016
275 kr
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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, …
Language of Doctor Who
From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues
Av Jason Barr, Camille D. G. Mustachio
Inbunden, 2014
1638 kr
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In a richly developed fictional universe, Doctor Who, a wandering survivor of a once-powerful alien civilization, possesses powers beyond human comprehension. He can bend the fabric of time and space with his TARDIS, alter the destiny of worlds, and drive entire species into extinction. The good …
Video Gaming in Science Fiction
A Critical Study
Av Jason Barr, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Häftad, 2018
543 kr
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As video gaming and gaming culture became more mainstream in the 1970s, science fiction authors began to incorporate aspects of each into their work. This study examines how media-fueled paranoia about video gaming--first emerging almost fifty years ago--still resonates in modern science fiction. …
Gender and Werewolf Cinema
Av Jason Barr
Häftad, 2020
477 kr
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It all begins with a howl, the unsettling sound which tells audiences that someone will soon become a werewolf. But the changes that occur during that transformation aren't just physical; they are psychological as well. Unremarkable men become domineering leaders. Innocuous men become violent and …
Giant Creatures in Our World
Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture
Av Camille D.G. Mustachio, Jason Barr
Häftad, 2017
254 kr
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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. From homage to parody to advertising, references to Godzilla--and to a lesser extent Gamera, Rodan, Ultraman and others--abound in …
Kaiju Connection
Giant Monsters and Ourselves
Av Jason Barr
Häftad, 2023
517 kr
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What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes an ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as Konga? And what makes a giant person become a "monster"? This book provides a new perspective on kaiju and reveals that our boundaries for the genre are …
