THE BOOK OF YOKAI EXPANDED SECOND EDITION Michael Dylan Foster Paperback

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520403886
ISBN-13
9780520403888
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2337457479

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition : Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Kijin, Shinonome, Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Author
Michael Dylan Foster
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2023-056581
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
398.20952
Table Of Content
Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Names, Dates, Places PART I. YOKAI CULTURE 1. Introducing Yokai Yokai, Folklore, and This Book The Language of Yokai Event Becomes Object Questioning Yokai 2. Shape-Shifting History Heroes of Myth and Legend Weird Tales and Weird Tastes Modern Disciplines Postwar Animation and the Yokai Boom 3. Yokai Practice / Yokai Theory Yokai Culture Network Zones of Uncertainty PART II. YOKAI CODEX 4. The Order of Yokai 5. Wilds 6. Water 7. Countryside 8. Village and City 9. Home PART III. YOKAI GALLERY 10. Seeing Yokai 11. Illustrating Yokai 12. A Completely Incomplete Yokai Exhibition Epilogue: Monsterful Notes Bibliography Alphabetized List of Yokai in the Codex Index
Synopsis
Significantly expanded and updated--a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites, to shape-shifting kitsune foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film, and video games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. The Book of Yokai invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. Revised and expanded, this second edition features fifty new illustrations, including an all-new yokai gallery of stunning color images tracing the visual history of yokai across centuries. In clear and accessible language, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the cultural and historical contexts of yokai, interpreting their varied meanings and introducing people who have pursued them through the ages., Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites to shape-shifting kitsune foxes and long-tongued ceiling lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film, and video games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. The Book of Yokai invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. Revised and expanded, this second edition features fifty new illustrations, including an all-new yokai gallery of stunning color images tracing the visual history of yokai across centuries. In clear and accessible language, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the cultural and historical contexts of yokai, interpreting their varied meanings and introducing people who have pursued them through the ages.
LC Classification Number
GR340.F66 2024

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