Visions of Japanese Modernity Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925.

By:

Gerow, Aaron [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520945593

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN1993 .V575 2010

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Subject: "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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1993.5.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn646788639

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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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