Inuhiko What Is Japanese Cinema?

A History
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54948-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

What Is Japanese Cinema? is a concise and lively history of Japanese film that shows how cinema tells the story of Japan’s modern age. Discussing popular works alongside auteurist masterpieces, Yomota Inuhiko considers films in light of both Japanese cultural particularities and cinema as a worldwide art form.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inuhiko, Yomota

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kaffen, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Names and Film Titles
Preface to the English Translation
Introduction
1. Motion Pictures: 1896–1918
2. The Rise of Silent Film: 1917–1930
3. The First Golden Age: 1927–1940
4. Japanese Cinema During Wartime
5. Film Production in the Colonies and Occupied Lands
6. Japanese Cinema Under American Occupation: 1945–1952
7. Toward a Second Golden Age: 1952–1960
8. Upheaval Amidst Steady Decline: 1961–1970
9. Decline and Torpor: 1971–1980
10. The Collapse of the Studio System: 1981–1990
11. The Indies Start to Flourish: 1991–2000
12. Within a Production Bubble: 2001–2011
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kaffen Philip:
Philip Kaffen is assistant professor of comparative literature and East Asian Studies at NYU. His work has been published in positions and other scholarly journals.Yomota Inuhiko is an acclaimed Japanese essayist, cultural critic, and poet, the author of dozens of books on a wide range of subjects. He taught film studies and comparative literature at Meiji Gakuin University.

Philip Kaffen is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.