TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerow,Aaron
TI  - Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925
SN  - 9780520945593
AV  - PN1993 .V575 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Fine Arts
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Visions of Japanese Modernity; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Motion Pictures as a Problem; 2. Gonda Yasunosuke and the Promise of Film Study; 3. Studying the Pure Film; 4. The Subject of the Text: Benshi, Authors, and Industry; 5. Managing the Internal; Conclusion: Mixture, Hegemony, and Resistance; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; 2; b
N2  - "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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