{"product_id":"the-kaiju-connection-giant-monsters-and-ourselves-9781476693514","title":"The Kaiju Connection: Giant Monsters and Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003e What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes an ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as Konga? And what makes a giant person become a \"monster\"? This book provides a new perspective on kaiju and reveals that our boundaries for the genre are perhaps not so solid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work focuses primarily on newer kaiju works, ranging from \u003ci\u003eColossal\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eShin Godzilla\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGodzilla vs. Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, but also touches on classics such as \u003ci\u003eKing Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Godzilla Raids Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and lesser-known works such as \u003ci\u003eWhat to Do With the Dead Kaiju?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAgon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Like our ancestors we have collectively adopted giant monsters into our culture, especially our pop culture. Within the domains where giant monsters walk, we experience the rigidity of our moral structures, and the fleeting borders of our definitions of humanity. Within the kaiju film genre rest our own assumptions about what makes a monster a monster, and, more importantly, what makes a human a human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Barr\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at Blue Ridge Community College. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review, Explicator, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Caribbean Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives in Weyers Cave, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50868087652626,"sku":"9781476693514","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10f34b7b-eb21-4696-a4e7-bdd879dff85d.jpg?v=1737718077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-kaiju-connection-giant-monsters-and-ourselves-9781476693514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}