| dc.contributor.author | George, Sam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-18T13:30:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-18T13:30:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-12-10 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | George , S 2020 , ' Amabie goes viral: the monstrous mercreature returns to battle the Gothic Covid-19 ' , Critical Quarterly , vol. 62 , no. 4 , criq.12579 , pp. 32-40 . https://doi.org/10.1111/criq.12579 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0011-1562 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/27977 | |
| dc.description | © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/criq.12579 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This essay focusses on yōkai, Amabie, a mer-monster from Japan’s Edo Period (1603–1868), who is being revived to ward off the Covid-19 virus in 2020. I argue that our understanding of crises is enhanced via the hybrid monsters they engender; here, I focus on the viral spread of the apotropaic image of Amabie via the internet. I also position Amabie as a Gothic artefact, though one which invites a revision of some of the approaches to monstrosity prevalent in Gothic studies. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 9 | |
| dc.format.extent | 337821 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Critical Quarterly | |
| dc.subject | yokai | |
| dc.subject | amabie | |
| dc.subject | mermaid | |
| dc.title | Amabie goes viral: the monstrous mercreature returns to battle the Gothic Covid-19 | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | English Literature and Creative Writing | |
| dc.contributor.institution | English Literature | |
| dc.contributor.institution | School of Creative Arts | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2022-12-10 | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1111/criq.12579 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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