| Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film Contributor(s): Davis, Darrell William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231102313 ISBN-13: 9780231102315 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: 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," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History |
| Dewey: 791 |
| LCCN: 95022747 |
| Series: Film and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.07" W x 9.01" (0.96 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |