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A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19
This article explores how the resurgence of a forgotten chimeric figure from the Japanese history of disasters and epidemics intersects with some central ecological and political discourses in the context of the Covid‐19 pandemic, especially those associated with culinary practices, human rights and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33041422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12602 |
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description | This article explores how the resurgence of a forgotten chimeric figure from the Japanese history of disasters and epidemics intersects with some central ecological and political discourses in the context of the Covid‐19 pandemic, especially those associated with culinary practices, human rights and relations with other historical epidemics. Presented as a mascot but viewed as an icon of protection, this uncanny little yōkai from southern Japan in the pre‐modern Edo period addresses our lives as they are caught in a suspension of our usual temporal and spatial dimensions. A monster, a hyperobject and an art effigy of our pandemic present. |
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spelling | pubmed-75372372020-10-07 A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 MERLI, CLAUDIA Anthropol Today Original Article This article explores how the resurgence of a forgotten chimeric figure from the Japanese history of disasters and epidemics intersects with some central ecological and political discourses in the context of the Covid‐19 pandemic, especially those associated with culinary practices, human rights and relations with other historical epidemics. Presented as a mascot but viewed as an icon of protection, this uncanny little yōkai from southern Japan in the pre‐modern Edo period addresses our lives as they are caught in a suspension of our usual temporal and spatial dimensions. A monster, a hyperobject and an art effigy of our pandemic present. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-10-01 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7537237/ /pubmed/33041422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12602 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Anthropology Today published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Anthropological Institute This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Article MERLI, CLAUDIA A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title | A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title_full | A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title_fullStr | A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title_full_unstemmed | A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title_short | A chimeric being from Kyushu, Japan: Amabie's revival during Covid‐19 |
title_sort | chimeric being from kyushu, japan: amabie's revival during covid‐19 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33041422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12602 |
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