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Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes

Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes

Valerie Wee

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Estudios mediáticos
ISBN:
9780415888608

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This book examines Japanese horror films and their American remakes. Focusing on the textual transformations that occur when texts cross cultural boundaries, this study probes the underlying socio-cultural, aesthetic, thematic and narrative complexities that organize each culture’s representations of horror / the supernatural to encourage a richer appreciation of these films.

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