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1 online resource |
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Palgrave pivot |
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Palgrave pivot.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Death and Afterlife in Japan -- Japanese Secularization -- Contemporary Discourses, New Media -- Japanese Popular Culture -- Chapters' Overview -- References -- Chapter 2: A Genealogy of the EBT Conversation in Japan -- The Relevance of the Kojiki to the EBT Conversation -- Scholarly Approaches to the Kojiki -- Post-Kojiki Conversations in Premodern Japan -- The Conversation in Modern Japan -- Transgressing Boundaries in Postwar Japan -- Contemporary Japan: Everything Solid Melts into Air |
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Heisei Recession: Questioning the Iron Triangle -- 1995 Disasters: Kobe Earthquake and Aum's Terrorism -- Children Are Turning Strange: Kobe's "Youth A" -- Ancient Themes, New Media -- References -- Chapter 3: Transgressing Boundaries: Exile and Loneliness -- Manga, Ontology and Phenomenology -- Methods for the Study of Manga -- The Story of Fullmetal Alchemist -- Life and Death Transgressions in Fullmetal Alchemist -- The First Scene -- Time, Narrative and Sequence -- The mise en scène -- The 2nd Scene -- Time, Narrative and Sequence -- Framing and Scene Visual Construction -- The 3rd Scene |
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Time and Sequence -- Mise en Scène -- Discussion -- Alchemist in EBT Intertextuality -- Contemporary Debates in Alchemist's EBT -- Civilization, Power and State -- The Individual and the Group -- Content and Medium -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Rebellion and Transgression in "Journey to Agartha" -- Theory and Methodology -- Animating Transgression -- EBT Polyphony, Tensions and Confrontations -- Resurrecting Her -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Tragic Transgressions in Shadow of the Colossus -- Experiencing Transgression Through Computer Games |
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Analysing Transgression in Computer Games -- Transgressing the Boundaries of Life and Death in Shadow of the Colossus -- The Structure of Shadow -- A Lonely Journey in an Empty Land -- Violence and Murder -- Playing the EBT in Shadow -- The Mechanics of the EBT -- Shadow of the Colossus as Ethical Experience -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- Contributions of the Work -- Research Implications -- Final Words -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book studies how transgressions of the boundaries of life and death are represented in Japanese contemporary visual media. Specifically, the book examines three case studies: the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, the animated film Journey to Agartha, and the computer game Shadow of the Colossus. By addressing how this theme is constructed by three different media, the book focuses on the narrativization of Japanese ontological anxieties. The book argues that, although these texts deal with matters of afterlife through fantasy worlds, the content of their stories, the archetypes of their characters, and their existential journeys echo contextually-situated conversations. Matters of gender, societal structure and, most of all, the tensions between individuality and sociocentrism not only permeate but structure the interrogation of our relation to the afterlife. This book stands to contribute significantly to media studies, literary studies, comics studies, and Japanese studies. Miguel Cesar completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh. He obtained his degree in History at the University Complutense of Madrid in 2013, an MSc in American Anthropology at the same university, and an MSc in Japanese Society and Culture at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently an independent researcher studying the role of contemporary Japanese visual media in the shaping of current discourses on individualism and community |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2020) |
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Death in mass media.
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Death in popular culture -- Japan
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Death in mass media
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Death in popular culture
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030508807 |
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3030508803 |
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