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Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film
Darrell William Davis
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Description for Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film
Paperback. Providing an historical and cultural exploration, this text demonstrates the role Japanese cinema played in the 1930s in the construction of a national identity, and in terms of the larger context of Japan's encounter with the West and with modernity. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFC; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Explores the role of 1930s Japanese cinema in the construction of a national identity and in the larger context of Japan's encounter-and struggle-with the West and modernity. Davis lends a new perspective to such celebrated films as Gate of Hell, Kagemusha, and Ran.
Explores the role of 1930s Japanese cinema in the construction of a national identity and in the larger context of Japan's encounter-and struggle-with the West and modernity. Davis lends a new perspective to such celebrated films as Gate of Hell, Kagemusha, and Ran.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231102315
SKU
V9780231102315
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