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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tomoyuki SasakiPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438490991ISBN 10: 1438490992 Pages: 286 Publication Date: 01 December 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Narrating High-Speed Growth through Film 1. Drifting in Tokyo: Reconstruction and Uneven Development in Kawashima Yūzō’s Susaki Paradise Red Light (1956) 2. A Girl from Izu: Labor Migration and Modern Subjectivity in Masumura Yasuzō’s Blue-Sky Girl(1957) 3. Osaka, City of Spies: The Powerless Worker in Industrial Society in Inoue Akira’s Black Weapon (1964) 4. Yokohama Romance: The Cold War, Revolution, and Asian Solidarity in Ezaki Mio’s A Warm Misty Night (1967) 5. Waiting for Spring in Shiretoko: A Postscript to High-Speed Growth in Kumashiro Tatsumi’s The Light of Africa (1975) Coda Notes Bibliography Filmography IndexReviews"""Using film texts drawn from the 1950s to the 1970s, Sasaki brilliantly and insightfully deconstructs the myth of Japan's postwar 'economic miracle,' recognizing the (inevitably) uneven growth along with the heterogeneity of experiences generated by high-speed economic expansion. He writes from the perspective of an insider, a kind of historico-anthropologist of the anthropocene, and under his magnanimous microscope we feel for the characters in these films and come to know their context—perhaps better than any work on Japanese cinema I have read. I feel like I learn something—about cinema, economics, and culture—on almost every page."" — David Desser" Using film texts drawn from the 1950s to the 1970s, Sasaki brilliantly and insightfully deconstructs the myth of Japan's postwar 'economic miracle,' recognizing the (inevitably) uneven growth along with the heterogeneity of experiences generated by high-speed economic expansion. He writes from the perspective of an insider, a kind of historico-anthropologist of the anthropocene, and under his magnanimous microscope we feel for the characters in these films and come to know their context-perhaps better than any work on Japanese cinema I have read. I feel like I learn something-about cinema, economics, and culture-on almost every page. - David Desser Author InformationTomoyuki Sasaki is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the College of William & Mary. He is the author of Japan's Postwar Military and Civil Society: Contesting a Better Life. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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