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

By:

Gerow, Aaron Andrew

Material type: Text

TextSeries: ACLS Fellows' PublicationsPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520945593
052094559X
0520256727
9780520256729
0520254562
9780520254565

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Visions of Japanese Modernity : Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925.DDC classification:

791.430952

LOC classification:

PN1993.5.J3 G45 2010

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Contents:

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.

Summary: "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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"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.