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Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present

Title
Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present / Noriko T. Reider.
Author
Reider, Noriko T.
Publication
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.

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xxvi, 241 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 10-6856
ISBN
  • 9780874217933 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0874217938 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 9780874217940 (ebk.)
  • 0874217946 (ebk.)
LCCN
2010029181
OCLC
YBP 2010029181
Author
Reider, Noriko T.
Title
Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present / Noriko T. Reider.
Imprint
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-6856
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