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Cinema of Discontent
- Representations of Japan's High-Speed Growth
Engelsk Hardback
Cinema of Discontent
- Representations of Japan's High-Speed Growth
Engelsk Hardback

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Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan''s postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailing view that it was a story of great national success.

From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, Japan experienced an unprecedented level of economic growth, transforming itself from a war-devastated country to a global economic power. Our image of postwar Japan has been shaped by this event, and we tend to see its history as a story of great national success. Cinema of Discontent challenges this view and details the tensions generated by massive and intense capitalist development through analyses of popular cinema produced during the era of high-speed growth. The films discussed in this book, directed by Kawashima Yuzo, Masumura Yasuzo, Inoue Akira, Ezaki Mio, and Kumashiro Tatsumi, attracted broad audiences yet remain understudied. Cinema of Discontent contextualizes these films in relation to the politics, economy, intellectual discourse, and cultural texts of the time. By doing so, it demonstrates how these films address problems immanent to Japan''s postwar capitalism, including uneven development, increasing corporate control over individuals, precarious and contingent work, and militarized peace and prosperity.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
286
ISBN-13:
9781438490991
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438490992
Udg. Dato:
1 dec 2022
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
158mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 dec 2022
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