{"product_id":"9783030508791","title":"Transgressing Death in Japanese Popular Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTransgressing Death in Japanese Popular Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCesar, Miguel\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the theme of the transgression of life and death boundaries through its representation in Japanese contemporary visual media, more specifically in the manga \u003ci\u003eFullmetal Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e, the animated film \u003ci\u003eJourney to Agartha\u003c\/i\u003e, and the computer game \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Colossus\u003c\/i\u003e. By addressing how the theme was constructed by three different media and what these texts say about it, the book focuses on the narrativization of Japanese ontological anxieties. The book argues that, although these texts deal with matters of afterlife through fantasy worlds, the content of their stories, the archetypes of their characters, and their existential journeys echo contextually-situated conversations. Matters of gender, societal structure and, most of all, the tensions between individuality and sociocentrism not only permeate but structure the interrogation of our relation to the afterlife. This book stands to contribute significantly to media studies, literarystudies, and Japanese studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-08-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030508791\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-50880-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 138\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47710920605836,"sku":"9783030508791","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030508791.jpg?v=1776792097","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030508791","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}