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

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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