Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present
Autor Noriko T. Reideren Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 dec 2013 – vârsta ani
Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctivly gendered social and cultural meanings.
Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderýs book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese.
Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderýs book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780874219487
ISBN-10: 0874219485
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
ISBN-10: 0874219485
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
Recenzii
As Noriko Reider eloquently shows in this volume, oni let us have a glimpse at how the Japanese imagine their world in its relation with the outside, continually reinterpreted according to the change of times. They help people to come to terms with the other.
—Peter Knecht, editor of Asian Folklore Studies
—Peter Knecht, editor of Asian Folklore Studies
"Well researched and written, this book would work well in the classroom for looking at Japanese folk religion and contemporary pop culture."
—Mark MacWilliams, Religious Studies Review“
This book presents as a scholarly treatise on the transumtable and tenacious aspects of the oni as a cultural coping strategy adapting to time and circumstances. . . . [Reider] reveals convincingly that the oni continues to have a use value in portraying societal norms in literature, the media and the performing arts.”
—B.C. Folklore
This book presents as a scholarly treatise on the transumtable and tenacious aspects of the oni as a cultural coping strategy adapting to time and circumstances. . . . [Reider] reveals convincingly that the oni continues to have a use value in portraying societal norms in literature, the media and the performing arts.”
—B.C. Folklore