Japanese Demon Lore [electronic resource] : Oni from Ancient Times to the Present / Noriko T. Reider.
Material type: TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 241 p. :) illContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780874217940
- 398.20952 22
- GR340 .R35 2010
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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