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Book Title
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams
Contributor
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. (Edited by)
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
EAN
9780816649747
Format
Trade Paperback
Genre
Literary Criticism
ISBN
9780816649747
ISBN-10
081664974X
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
10in
Item Width
7in
Language
English
Publication Name
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams : Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Release Date
15/11/2007
Release Year
2007
Title
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams
Subtitle
Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Subject
Films & TV
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Author
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Since the end of the Second World War--and particularly over the last decade--Japanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual--from Gojira (Godzilla) and Astro Boy in the 1950s and 1960s to the anime masterpieces Akira and Ghost in the Shell of the 1980s and 1990s--while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan. Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future direction of science fiction in Japan, its major schools and authors, cultural origins and relationship to its Western counterparts, the role of the genre in the formation of Japan's national and political identity, and its unique fan culture. Covering a remarkable range of texts--from the 1930s fantastic detective fiction of Yumeno Kyûsaku to the cross-culturally produced and marketed film and video game franchise Final Fantasy --this book firmly establishes Japanese science fiction as a vital and exciting genre. Contributors: Hiroki Azuma; Hiroko Chiba, DePauw U; Naoki Chiba; William O. Gardner, Swarthmore College; Mari Kotani; Livia Monnet, U of Montreal; Miri Nakamura, Stanford U; Susan Napier, Tufts U; Sharalyn Orbaugh, U of British Columbia; Tamaki Saitô; Thomas Schnellbächer, Berlin Free U. Christopher Bolton is assistant professor of Japanese at Williams College. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. is professor of English at DePauw University. Takayuki Tatsumi is professor of English at Keio University.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
081664974x
ISBN-13
9780816649747
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038685203

Product Key Features

Author
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
Publication Name
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams : Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pl747.57.S3r63 2007
Copyright Date
2007
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Asian / Japanese
Lccn
2007-027032
Dewey Decimal
895.6/30876209
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science

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