Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture by Nicholas Bollinger, Jeffrey J. Hall, Karen Joan Kohoutek, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Jase Short, Se Young Kim, Emiliano Aguilar, Camille D.G. Mustachio, Sigmund C. Shen, Kenta McGrath, Jamie Macdonald, Justin Mullis, Jason Barr

277 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative fast-paced
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Dismissed as camp by critics but revered by fans, the kaiju or "strange creature" film has become an iconic element of both Japanese and American pop culture. From homage to parody to advertising, references to Godzilla--and to a lesser extent Gam...

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