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I am currently doing an indepth study into the relationship between japanese mythology (in the Kojiki and the Nihongi) and japanese horror cinema, focusing more on the 'kaidan' genre - anybody know of any good books or other resources i should be looking at as well as the excellent ones noted already in this thread?<BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#993366><EM>Kind Regards </EM></FONT><BR><BR><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT></EM> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#800080><EM><STRONG>Emma Newbery </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:30:55 +0100<BR>> From: eigagogo@free.fr<BR>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>> Subject: Re: Thesis about kaidan?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks Lindsay, Michelle Li's book seems to be exactly what i'm looking for! :)<BR>> <BR>> ------------<BR>> Here'a part of the abstract:<BR>> [..]This book aims to make sense of grotesque representations in setsuwa -<BR>> animated detached body parts, unusual sexual encounters, demons and<BR>> shape-shifting or otherwise wondrous animals - and, in a broader sense, to show<BR>> what this type of critical focus can reveal about the mentality of Japanese<BR>> people in the ancient, classical, and early medieval periods [..]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Selon Lindsay Nelson <lrnelson@usc.edu>:<BR>> <BR>> > Dear Martin,<BR>> ><BR>> > In English, I've found Gerald Figal's Civilization and Monsters to be<BR>> > a great resource. Kaidan is also discussed in some sections of Stefan<BR>> > Tanaka's New Times in Modern Japan and Michele Li's Ambiguous Bodies:<BR>> > Reading the Grotesque in Japanese Setsuwa Tales.<BR>> ><BR>> > --Lindsay Nelson<BR>> ><BR>> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM, <eigagogo@free.fr> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > > Dear,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > I'm looking for ressources related to kaidan, not limited to movies but<BR>> > > rather<BR>> > > focusing on its cultural roots and aspect. There's a book called<BR>> > > '"Pandemonium<BR>> > > and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yôkai", by Michael Dylan<BR>> > > Foster. It is an expansion on his Doctoral thesis of several years earlier:<BR>> > > "Morphologies of Mystery: Yôkai and Discourses of the Supernatural in<BR>> > > Japan,<BR>> > > 1666-1999". So far i didn't find any (english) books, but maybe this has<BR>> > > already<BR>> > > been the subject of some thesis ?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Again related to kaidan-eiga, is there any existing 'movie stills' books ?<BR>> > > There's sure lot of poster-books about jidai-geki, yakuza-eiga or<BR>> > > kaiju-eiga,<BR>> > > but i never came across something related to kaidan (maybe because it's<BR>> > > mainly<BR>> > > limited to Daiei/ShinToho productions?).<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Thanks!<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Martin<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR> <br /><hr />New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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