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

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

224 pages • first pub 2006 (view 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...