Eriko Ogihara-Schuck

Miyazaki's Animism Abroad

The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences

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Produktbeschreibung

After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away, the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated films were dubbed into many languages. Some of the films are saturated with religious themes distinctive to Japanese culture. How were these themes, or what Miyazaki describes as "animism," received abroad, especially considering that they are challenging to translate?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780786472628
• ISBN-10: 0786472626
• Artikelnr.: 40187957

Autorenporträt

Eriko Ogihara-Schuck is a lecturer in American studies at the Technische Universitat Dortmund, Germany. She has lived in Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
ix Preface:
Anime as a Medium of Inter-Religious Dialogue
1 Introduction: Animism, Religion and Medium as Contested Terms
3 One.
Animism Challenges Monotheism: Disasters and Japanese Reception of Hayao Miyazaki's Films
33 Two.
Does Monotheism Challenge Animism? Transitions of American and German Adapters' Approaches
59 Three.
Animism and Visuals: Religious and Non-Religious Reviewers' Responses
139 Conclusion
191 Chapter Notes
197 Bibliography
201 Index
225