In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage

by Susan J. Napier, Aaron Gerow, Michiko Ito

Book Overview

These essays consider the Godzilla films and how they shaped and influenced postwar Japanese culture, as well as the globalization of Japanese pop culture icons. There are contributions from Film Studies, Anthropology, History, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies and from Susan Napier, Anne Allison, Christine Yano and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964637
• ISBN13: 9781403964632
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"