Picturing Japaneseness : Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film - Darrell William Davis

Picturing Japaneseness

Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film

By: Darrell William Davis

Paperback | 22 February 1996 | Edition Number 1

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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.
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"An ambitious attempt to place... [ "jidaigeki" or historical drama] in their social and political context. In doing so, [Davis] explores the importance of these films in forging a national identity.... A thought-provoking study designed for a broad audience ranging from film scholars to historians of Japanese culture." -- "Film Quarterly" "An ambitious attempt to place... � "jidaigeki" or historical drama� in their social and political context. In doing so, �Davis� explores the importance of these films in forging a national identity.... A thought-provoking study designed for a broad audience ranging from film scholars to historians of Japanese culture." -- "Film Quarterly" "An ambitious attempt to place... [ jidaigeki or historical drama] in their social and political context. In doing so, [Davis] explores the importance of these films in forging a national identity.... A thought-provoking study designed for a broad audience ranging from film scholars to historians of Japanese culture." -- Film Quarterly "An ambitious attempt to place... [ "jidaigeki" or historical drama] in their social and political context. In doing so, [Davis] explores the importance of these films in forging a national identity.... A thought-provoking study designed for a broad audience ranging from film scholars to historians of Japanese culture." -- "Film Quarterly"

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