Overview

What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes an ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as Konga? And what makes a giant person become a ""monster""? This book provides a new perspective on kaiju and reveals that our boundaries for the genre are perhaps not so solid. This work focuses primarily on newer kaiju works, ranging from Colossal to Shin Godzilla to Godzilla vs. Kong, but also touches on classics such as King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Godzilla Raids Again, and lesser-known works such as What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? and Agon. Like our ancestors we have collectively adopted giant monsters into our culture, especially our pop culture. Within the domains where giant monsters walk, we experience the rigidity of our moral structures, and the fleeting borders of our definitions of humanity. Within the kaiju film genre rest our own assumptions about what makes a monster a monster, and, more importantly, what makes a human a human.

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Author:   Jason Barr
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781476693514

ISBN 10:   147669351
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   02 October 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction  1. Categorizing the Kaiju  2. Toys and Dinosaurs and Nostalgia  3. An Appreciation of Godzilla Raids Again  4. Science and Faith: The Solo Kaiju Adventures  5. ""The Third Fire"": Agon, the Atomic Dragon  6. The Wor(l)ds Get Stuck in My Throat: Aliens from Sea and Space  7. Reigo, Raiga, Ohga: The (Sometimes Loving) Basement of Kaiju Film  8. An Ode to Baragon and Barugon  9. It Turns Out Gamera Is Really Neat: The Heisei Trilogy 10. The Legendary Dr. Serizawa 11. Kong, Again and Again: The Son[s] of Kong 12. Toward the Past and the Future at the Same Time: Colossal and Godzilla vs. Kong 13. Men as Kaiju: Big Man Japan and Kaiju Mono 14. When Even Humans Are (Almost) Kaiju: The Amazing Colossal Man and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index"

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Author Information

Jason Barr is an associate professor at Blue Ridge Community College. His work has appeared in African American Review, Explicator, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, and The Journal of Caribbean Literatures, among others. He lives in Weyers Cave, Virginia.

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