Japan's green monsters : environmental commentary in Kaiju cinema / Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhoads, Sean, 1985- author.

Okazaki, Brooke McCorkle, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monster films--Japan--History and criticism.

Monster films.

Monsters in motion pictures.

Environmentalism in motion pictures.

Ecology in motion pictures.

Monsters--Symbolic aspects.

Monsters.

Environmentalism--Japan.

Environmentalism.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Japan.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Japan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.

Summary:

"This book provides a new interpretation of these monsters, or kaijū, and their respective movies. Analyzing Japanese history, society and film, the authors demonstrate various ways in which this monster cinema tackles environmental and ecological issues--from nuclear power and industrial pollution to biodiversity and climate change"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Japanese Giant Monster Movies 5

2 Nuclear Terror and Radioactive Landscapes 19

3 Godzilla, Nature and Nuclear Revenge 34

4 Mothra, Marx, Mother Nature 50

5 The Decline of Cinema and Rise of Monsters 71

6 Daikaiju Gamera: Consuming Natural Resources 87

7 1970s Japan: "A polluter's paradise" 101

8 Smog, Sludge and Hippies: Godzilla vs. Hedorah 112

9 Gamera vs. Zigra: A Tale of Space Invaders and the Sea 127

10 The Bubble and the Beasts: Kaiju eiga of the 1980s 138

11 Rebirth of Mothra: Daikaiju and the Environment in the Post-Bubble Era 156

12 Prevailing Concerns in the New Millennium 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476663906

1476663904

OCLC:

1019838014