Transgressing Death in Japanese Popular Culture
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book focuses on the theme of the transgression of life and death boundaries through its representation in Japanese contemporary visual media, more specifically in the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, the animated film Journey to Agartha, and the...
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This book focuses on the theme of the transgression of life and death boundaries through its representation in Japanese contemporary visual media, more specifically in the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, the animated film Journey to Agartha, and the computer game Shadow of the Colossus. By addressing how the theme was constructed by three different media and what these texts say about it, the book focuses on the narrativization of Japanese ontological anxieties. The book argues that, although these texts deal with matters of afterlife through fantasy worlds, the content of their stories, the archetypes of their characters, and their existential journeys echo contextually-situated conversations. Matters of gender, societal structure and, most of all, the tensions between individuality and sociocentrism not only permeate but structure the interrogation of our relation to the afterlife. This book stands to contribute significantly to media studies, literarystudies, and Japanese studies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Transgressing Death in Japanese Popular Culture “
1. Introduction.- 2. A Genealogy of the EBT Conversation in Japan.- 3. Transgressing Boundaries: Exile and Loneliness.- 4. Rebellion and Transgression in "Journey to Agartha".- 5. Tragic Transgressions in Shadow of the Colossus.- 6. Conclusions.
Autoren-Porträt von Miguel Cesar
Miguel Cesar completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh. He obtained his degree in History at the University Complutense of Madrid in 2013, an MSc in American Anthropology at the same university, and an MSc in Japanese Society and Culture at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently an independent researcher studying the role of contemporary Japanese visual media in the shaping of current discourses on individualism and community.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Miguel Cesar
- 2021, 1st ed. 2020, X, 138 Seiten, Maße: 14,8 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 303050882X
- ISBN-13: 9783030508821
Sprache:
Englisch
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