Pandemonium and parade Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai / Michael Dylan Foster.

Author/creator Foster, Michael Dylan, 1965-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxvii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Introduction to the weird -- Natural history of the weird : encyclopedias, spooky stories, and the bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien -- Science of the weird : inoue enryō, kokkuri, and human electricity -- Museum of the weird : modernity, minzokugaku, and the discovery of yōkai -- Media of the weird : Mizuki Shigeru and kuchi-sake-onna -- Yōkai culture : past, present, future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007050923
ISBN9780520253612 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520253629 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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