Japan's green monsters
Subtitle: environmental commentary in Kaiju cinema
By: Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle
Contributors: McCorkle, Brooke, 1980- author
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781476663906
Subjects: Motion pictures; Monster films; History and criticism; Monsters in motion pictures; Environmentalism; Environmentalism in motion pictures; Symbolic aspects; Ecology in motion pictures; Monsters
Description: "This book provides a new interpretation of these monsters, or kaijū, and their respective movies. Analyzing Japanese history, society and film, the authors demonstrate various ways in which this monster cinema tackles environmental and ecological issues--from nuclear power and industrial pollution to biodiversity and climate change"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.