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Author: Sean Rhoads ,
Brooke McCorkle
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 25.40cm
ISBN: 9781476663906
ISBN 10: 1476663904
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 28 February 2018
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
an interesting study of both film and psychology...a must read -- Against the Grain ; Rhoads and McCorkle's study is a valuable contribution to Godzilla studies, kaiju eiga, and ecocriticism. Their work should be considered alongside that of William Tsutsui, Chon Noriega, and Yoshikuni lgarashi as necessities for serious scholarship of Godzilla. The strength of this study is the way in which it considers all of the Godzilla, Mothra, and Gamera movies as parts of a continuum larger and more complex than its individual components and as examples of a genre that has been undervalued for far too long. --SFRA Review; Rhoads and McCorkle also do an excellent job drawing connections between the scores of these films and their environmental commentary. ...a useful volume for readers interested in the political potential of popular cinema. ...Because Japan's Green monsters successfully demonstrates that kaiju cinema provides a place for important conversations regarding rapid environmental changes and existential threats, undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty, and members of the general public interested in the intersections of film studies, music studies, visual studies, cultural studies, and environmental studies will benefit from this book. --Journal of Popular Film and Television; detailed, scholarly and well-written...well worth reading and re-reading...Definitely recommended --G-Fan.
an interesting study of both film and psychology...a must read -- Against the Grain
an interesting study of both film and psychology...a must read -- Against the Grain ; detailed, scholarly and well-written...well worth reading and re-reading...Definitely recommended --G-Fan.
Author Information
Sean Rhoads is a film historian, Japanologist, and lifelong monster cinema aficionado. He has taught courses on East Asia at Philadelphia University and Alvernia University and has published work on Godzilla and environmentalism in G-Fan magazine, and presented lectures on Japanese monster cinema at G-FEST and academic conferences. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Brooke McCorkle is a music historian, Japanologist, and double bassist. She is currently a visiting assistant professor of musicology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. In addition to numerous academic presentations, she has published her work on music and film in edited volumes, Oxford Bibliographies Online, Horror Studies, and the Journal of Fandom Studies. She lives in Rochester, New York.
