Picturing Japaneseness
Author | : Darrell William Davis |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 0231102313 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780231102315 |
Rating | : 4/5 (315 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Picturing Japaneseness by : Darrell William Davis
Download or read book Picturing Japaneseness written by Darrell William Davis and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.