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OverviewThis study of the films of Oshima Nagisa is both an essential introduction to the work of a major postwar director of Japanese cinema and a theoretical exploration of strategies of filmic style. For almost forty years, Oshima has produced provocative films that have received wide distribution and international acclaim. Formally innovative as well as socially daring, they provide a running commentary, direct and indirect, on the cultural and political tensions of postwar Japan. Best known today for his controversial films In the Realm of the Senses and The Empire of Passion, Oshima engages issues of sexuality and power, domination and identity, which Maureen Turim explores in relation to psychoanalytic and postmodern theory. The films' complex representation of women in Japanese society receives detailed and careful scrutiny, as does their political engagement with the Japanese student movement, postwar anti-American sentiments, and critiques of Stalinist tendencies of the Left. Turim also considers Oshima's surprising comedies, his experimentation with Brechtian and avant-garde theatricality as well as reflexive textuality, and his essayist documentaries in this look at an artist's gifted and vital attempt to put his will on film. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maureen TurimPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520206663ISBN 10: 0520206665 Pages: 317 Publication Date: 26 August 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Cultural Iconclasm and Contexts oflnnovation 2. Cruel Stories of Youth and Politics 3* Rituals, Desire, Death: Leaving One's Will on Film 4* Signs of Sexuality in Oshima's Tales of Passion 5* Warring Subjects 6. Popular Song, Fantasies, and Comedies of Iconoclasm 7* Documents of Guilt and Empire 8. Feminist Troubles on a Map of Split Subjectivities Conclusion: Whither Oshima? FILMOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXReviewsAuthor InformationMaureen Turim is Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Florida and author of Abstraction in Avant-Garde Film (1981) and Flashbacks in Film: Memory and History (1989). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |