NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity
© 2020 Shima Publications (Australia). The ningen. a giant. sub-Antarctic aquatic humanoid. is a mythical creature created by fapanese Internet users in the mid-iooos. Since its inception it has crossed over into international Internet contexts and has been embellished and inflected in various ways....
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ftunivtsydney:oai:opus.lib.uts.edu.au:10453/144607 2023-05-15T13:51:50+02:00 NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity Greenland F Hayward P 2020-12-10T02:01:45Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144607 en eng Shima Publishing Shima 10.21463/SHIMA.14.1.10 Shima, 2020, 14, (1), pp. 134-151 1834-6049 1834-6057 http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144607 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Journal Article 2020 ftunivtsydney 2022-03-13T13:59:02Z © 2020 Shima Publications (Australia). The ningen. a giant. sub-Antarctic aquatic humanoid. is a mythical creature created by fapanese Internet users in the mid-iooos. Since its inception it has crossed over into international Internet contexts and has been embellished and inflected in various ways. As such it forms an element within modern media-lore, joining a host of pre-constituted mythic/folkloric creatures and more modern inventions. One of the most notable aspects of ningen media-lore is that the creature was conceived as an inhabitant of sub-Antarctic waters, which have not traditionally been perceived to be rich in crypto-zoological entities. Within this location it has been closely associated with Japan's Southern Ocean whaling fleet and can. in this regard, be understood as a manifestation of a modern aquapelagic imaginary. The article identifies that the original location of the ningen's story is not merely incidental to its circulation and elaboration but is. rather, a key element of its emergence as a Japanese figure and a continuing aspect of its significance in a broader, international arena. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean University of Technology Sydney: OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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© 2020 Shima Publications (Australia). The ningen. a giant. sub-Antarctic aquatic humanoid. is a mythical creature created by fapanese Internet users in the mid-iooos. Since its inception it has crossed over into international Internet contexts and has been embellished and inflected in various ways. As such it forms an element within modern media-lore, joining a host of pre-constituted mythic/folkloric creatures and more modern inventions. One of the most notable aspects of ningen media-lore is that the creature was conceived as an inhabitant of sub-Antarctic waters, which have not traditionally been perceived to be rich in crypto-zoological entities. Within this location it has been closely associated with Japan's Southern Ocean whaling fleet and can. in this regard, be understood as a manifestation of a modern aquapelagic imaginary. The article identifies that the original location of the ningen's story is not merely incidental to its circulation and elaboration but is. rather, a key element of its emergence as a Japanese figure and a continuing aspect of its significance in a broader, international arena. |
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NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity |
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NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity |
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NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity |
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ningen: the generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to japanese whaling activity |
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