Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s - Brossura

Standish, Isolde

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0826439012 ISBN 13: 9780826439017

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2011

Riassunto

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.>

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Recensione:

Although 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 doe ---

'... an illuminating study of the avant garde... There is a good deal of interesting material here, particularly as regards the theoretical concepts and influences that helped shape Japan s "counter-cinema"...' --Sight & Sound

L'autore:

Isolde Standish is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0826439012
• ISBN 13: 9780826439017
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 199