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

Tsutsui, W.; Ito, M.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-09-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403964618

DOI: 10.1057/9781403984401

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 212