A new history of Japanese cinema; a century of narrative film.PN1993 2004-023894 0-8264-1709-4 A new history of Japanese cinema; a century of narrative film. Standish, Isolde. Continuum Publishing Group, [c]2005 414 p. $39.95 This volume addresses the historical development of Japanese cinema, and the confluence of traditional arts, sociopolitical so·ci·o·po·li·ti·cal adj. Involving both social and political factors. sociopolitical Adjective of or involving political and social factors trends, and Western technology. Previous studies of Japanese cinema concentrated on stylistic development, or on a particular era; but Standish (film studies, School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is a specialist constituent of the University of London commited to the arts and humanities, languages and cultures, and the law and social sciences concerning Asia, Africa, and the Near and Middle East. , U. of London) discusses the subject in terms of modernity and the Shochiku Tokyo Studios, nationalism and empire, the state, humanism, transgression TRANSGRESSION. The violation of a law. , and genres and gender. The book includes a select filmography film·og·ra·phy n. pl. film·og·ra·phies A comprehensive list of movies in a particular category, as of those by a given director or in a specific genre. and bibliography. |
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