Pandemonium and parade Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai
Record details
- ISBN: 0520942671 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780520942677 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 291 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource - Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.03.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Supernatural Spirits Animals, Mythical Supernatural Animals, Mythical -- Japan SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology Spirits Japan -- Folklore Japan |
Genre: | Electronic books. Folklore. |