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Japanese Demon Lore : Oni From Ancient Times To The Present Noriko T. Reider PB
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Japanese Demon Lore
- ISBN
- 9780874219487
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10
0874219485
ISBN-13
9780874219487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177420991
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Publication Name
Japanese Demon Lore : Oni from Ancient Times to the Present
Language
English
Subject
Demonology & Satanism, Folklore & Mythology, Supernatural
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
"Well researched and written, this book would work well in the classroom for looking at Japanese folk religion and contemporary pop culture." --Mark MacWilliams, Religious Studies Review, "Well researched and written, this book would work well in the classroom for looking at Japanese folk religion and contemporary pop culture." —Mark MacWilliams, Religious Studies Review, As Noriko Reider eloquently shows in this volume, oni let us have a glimpse at how the Japanese imagine their world in its relation with the outside, continually reinterpreted according to the change of times. They help people to come to terms with the other. --Peter Knecht, editor of Asian Folklore Studies, "Well researched and written, this book would work well in the classroom for looking at Japanese folk religion and contemporary pop culture." --Mark MacWilliams, Religious Studies Review " This book presents as a scholarly treatise on the transumtable and tenacious aspects of the oni as a cultural coping strategy adapting to time and circumstances. . . . [Reider] reveals convincingly that the oni continues to have a use value in portraying societal norms in literature, the media and the performing arts." --B.C. Folklore
Grade From
College Freshman
Synopsis
Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctivly gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderýs book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese., Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctivly gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderys book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese.
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