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Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present
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Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present / Noriko T. Reider.
ISBN
9780874217933 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0874217938 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780874217940 (ebk.)
0874217946 (ebk.)
Published
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
xxvi, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
An overview: what are oni?
Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni
Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space
Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother
Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni
The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army
Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese
Oni in manga, anime, and film
Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.
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