Visions of Japanese Modernity : Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925
Japan has done marvelous things with cinema, giving the world the likes of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. But cinema did not arrive in Japan fully formed at the end of the nineteenth century, nor was it simply adopted into an ages-old culture. Aaron Gerow explores the processes by which film was defi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2010
Berkeley : c2010 Berkeley : [2010] Berkeley, CA : [2010] |
| Series: | ACLS Fellows' Publications
ACLS Fellows' Publications ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) ACLS Humanities E-Book |
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| Summary: | Japan has done marvelous things with cinema, giving the world the likes of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. But cinema did not arrive in Japan fully formed at the end of the nineteenth century, nor was it simply adopted into an ages-old culture. Aaron Gerow explores the processes by which film was defined, transformed, and adapted during its first three decades in Japan. He focuses in particular on how one trend in criticism, the Pure Film Movement, changed not only the way films were made, but also how they were conceived. Looking closely at the work of critics, theorists, intellectuals, benshi artists, educators, police, and censors, Gerow finds that this trend established a way of thinking about cinema that would reign in Japan for much of the twentieth century "Visions of Japanese Modernity is the single best account of the formation of Japanese cinema. Deftly drawing on film discourses, regulations, and exhibition practices, it brilliantly brings into focus one of the most exuberant and contested moments in the history of cinema. It not only sets new standards for film history but also plants the seeds for a counterhistory to cinema as such."Thomas LaMarre, author of The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation "In this landmark study, Aaron Gerow richly demonstrates the vibrancy of Japanese film culture as no book has done befor |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (339 pages) 1 online resource (344 pages) 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages) : illustrations xiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520254562 0520256727 052094559X 9780520254565 9780520256729 9780520945593 |
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