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Japanese Demon Lore [electronic resource] : Oni from Ancient Times to the Present / Noriko T. Reider.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 241 p. :) illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780874217940
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 398.20952 22
LOC classification:
  • GR340 .R35 2010
Online resources:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-230) and index.

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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