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Politics, Porn and Protest : Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s And 1970s by Isolde Standish (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100826439012
ISBN-139780826439017
eBay Product ID (ePID)102765799
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
Publication NamePolitics, Porn and Protest : Japanese Avantgarde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s
LanguageEnglish
SubjectModern / 20th Century, Film / Genres / General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, History
AuthorIsolde Standish
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-003730
ReviewsAlthough this book is primarily about film, Isolde Standish has woven into it a vivid, and very gripping, social, political and cultural history of 1960s' Japan. She traces the struggle that was taking place over the narrative of post-war Japanese history: the 'official story' and its reflection in mainstream studio output against which directors such as Oshima, Yoshida and Imamura reacted bitterly. These and other directors developed avant-garde cinematic and narrative strategies to confront the repression of the past as well as the repressive nature of the state in occupied Japan. Isolde Standish places the development of the avant-garde within its contemporary intellectual context, (including the influence of French thought and literature), the complex politics of the left and the diversifications of the film industry as it faced economic decline. The book is remarkable for the author's mastery of the subject, the clarity of her arguments and the depth of her scholarship. Rarely does one read a book in which the pieces of the jig-saw fall so precisely and illuminatingly into place. --Laura Mulvey, Professor of Film and Media Studies, Birkbeck University of London
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Original LanguageEnglish
Dewey Decimal791.430952
Table Of ContentChapter One: Film and Philosophy: Towards a Cinema of Praxis Chapter Two: War, Historicity, and Counter-Memory Chapter Three: Sexuality, Perversions and Originary Worlds Chapter Four: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
SynopsisA superb new study of Japanese culture in the post-war period, focusing on a handful of filmmakers who created movies for a politically conscious audience. >, A superb new study of Japanese culture in the post-war period, focusing on a handful of filmmakers who created movies for a politically conscious audience.
LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.J3S73 2011
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