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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Kamen Rider vs. Spider-Man and Batman: American Superheroes as Kaiju Villains (Se Young Kim) -- Notes from the Land of Light: Observations on Religious Elements Seen in Ultraman (Justin Mullis) -- Monsters of the Rift: Kaiju as Ciphers of Unbalance (Jase Short) -- Archetypes at War: Kaiju as Cult Icons in Pacific Rim (Nicholas Bollinger) |
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Â#x80;#x9C;Was it me? Did I kill them?â#x80;#x9D;: The Monsters and the Women in King Kong (1933), Gojira (1954), Monster Zero (1965), Destroy All Monsters (1968) and Gamera III: Revenge of Iris (1999) (Sigmund C. Shen)Soft Power: Narrative of Neutrality in King Kong Escapes and Frankenstein Conquers the World (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Emiliano Aguilar) -- The Confused Nation: Hitoshi Matsumotoâ#x80;#x99;s Big Man Japan (Kenta McGrath) -- Japanâ#x80;#x99;s Anti-Kaiju Fighting Force: Normalizing Japanâ#x80;#x99;s Self-Defense Forces through Postwar Monster Films (Jeffrey J. Hall) |
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The Ideology of Disaster: Godzilla, Gorillas and Geopolitics in the Global 21st Century (Jamie Macdonald)â#x80;#x9C;We are eating Gameraâ#x80;#x9D; Mystery Science Theater 3000 Consumes the Kaiju (Karen Joan Kohoutek) -- Collecting Kaiju: How Nostalgia Influences Adult Toy Collecting (Jason Barr) -- About the Contributors |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Popular culture -- United States -- History.
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Popular culture. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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History.
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Mustachio, Camille D. G., 1975- eeditor.
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Barr, Jason, 1976- editor.
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Print version: Giant Creatures in Our World. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017 1476668361 9781476668369 (OCoLC)984206266 |
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1476629978 (electronic book) |
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9781476629971 (electronic book) |
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1476668361 |
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9781476668369 |
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