In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage by Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., Joyce Boss, Yulia Mikhailova, Susan J. Napier, Eric Rath, Yoshikuni Igarashi, Christine Yano, Joanne Bernardi, Hirofumi Katsuno, Theodore C. Bestor, Aaron Gerow, Barak Kushner, Michiko Ito, William M. Tsutsui

In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage
Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., Joyce Boss, Yulia Mikhailova, Susan J. Napier, Eric Rath, Yoshikuni Igarashi, Christine Yano, Joanne Bernardi, Hirofumi Katsuno, Theodore C. Bestor, Aaron Gerow, Barak Kushner, Michiko Ito, William M. Tsutsui

224 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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These essays consider the Godzilla films and how they were shaped (by and in turn shaped) postwar Japanese culture, as well as the globalization of Japanese pop culture icons in the wake of the Godzilla phenomenon. They fall within a wide range of...