Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games
Katarzyna Marak
Nov 2014 · McFarland
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Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures--American and Japanese--with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects.
Including a number of narratives belonging to film, literature, comics and video games, this book provides a comprehensive perspective of the genre. It sheds light on the differences and similarities in the depiction of fear and horror in America and Japan, while emphasizing narrative patterns in the context of their respective cultures.
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Vince Valencia
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March 29, 2016
This is so scary but if you read this you learn an supernatural creatures
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louie talisic
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December 26, 2015
That's so. Coll. Bad
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rakesh mali
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April 15, 2024
The best story and it horrorrr
About the author
Katarzyna Marak is a lecturer at Department of Cultural Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, where she teaches courses on American and Japanese horror and popular culture. She lives in Torun.
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