Transnational Kaiju:Exploitation, Globalisation and Cult Monster Movies

by: Steven Rawle (Author)

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Publication Date: 31 Aug. 2022

Language: English

Print Length: 288 pages

ISBN-10: 1474475809

ISBN-13: 9781474475808

Book Description

From relatively humble beginnings in a King Kong-inspired Japanese studio picture, the kaij? eiga has developed into a global phenomenon. While the origins of giant kaij? the term often preferred to ‘monster’ remain firmly rooted in Japan, the figure has become a transnational spectacle. This book explores how kaij? went global, from the adoption of Godzilla movies in translation to the appropriation of cultural material across borders. With reference to the subgenre’s global development, its exploitative weste circulation and how it demonstrates shifting power bases in global cinema, the book examines how genres with deep national roots can become transnational phenomena.
From the Back Cover From relatively humble beginnings in a King Kong-inspired Japanese studio picture, the kaijū eiga has developed into a global phenomenon. While the origins of giant kaijū – the term often preferred to ‘monster’ – remain firmly rooted in Japan, the figure has become a transnational spectacle. This book explores how kaijū went global, from the adoption of Godzilla movies in translation to the appropriation of cultural material across borders. With reference to the subgenre’s global development, its exploitative weste circulation and how it demonstrates shifting power bases in global cinema, the book examines how genres with deep national roots can become transnational phenomena. Steven Rawle is Associate Professor in Media Production at York St John University. He is the author of Transnational Cinema:An Introduction (2018) and Performance in the Cinema of Hal Hartley (2011), co-author of Basics – Filmmaking:The Language of Film (2010 and 2015), and co-editor of Partners in Suspense:Critical Essays on Beard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock (2016).
About the Author
Steven Rawle, Associate Professor, York St John’s University.

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