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Overview"By studying Japanese films and their associated literature, this book reveals the covert stories of Japanese women of various statuses and time periods in an exegesis of their story versus orthodox history. Fifteen films are studied to bring this theme into focus. They are: Imamura Shohei’s The Ballad of Narayama, Naruse Mikio’s Mother, Idemitsu Mako’s Great Mother, Kinugasa Teinousuke’s Gate of Hell, Kurosawa Akira’s No Regrets for Our Youth, Kuwabata Kagenobu’s Love and Lie, Toyoda Shiro’s The Mistress, Kumai Kei’s Sandakan Brothel No. 8, Takahashi Banmei’s A New Love in Tokyo, Nishikawa Katsumi’s A Dancing Girl in Izu, Obayashi Nobuhiko’s Chizuko’s Younger Sister, Ichikawa Jun’s Tsugumi, Mizoguchi Kenji’s Life of Oharu, Itami Juzo’s Tampopo, and Ishikawa Jun’s Grass Fish on a Tree. The five chapters, """"Mother,"""" """"Wife,"""" """"Whore,"""" """"Girl"""" and """"Woman,"""" represent categories the public used to code Japanese women in the pre-feminist age. Each chapter features three films depicting women in the pre-modern age, in the World War II period, and in late twentieth century Japan, and each embraces the three films within the thematic perspective of ecological feminism, sexuality, alienation, illusion, and power-over/power-to, respectively. The book sheds light on cultural, historical, and/or ideological backgrounds of the films under study in important new ways and breaks new ground in the study of women in Japanese culture." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tamae PrindlePublisher: MerwinAsia Imprint: MerwinAsia Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.824kg ISBN: 9780983299141ISBN 10: 0983299145 Pages: 350 Publication Date: 30 June 2016 Audience: General/trade , General 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 ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"Tamae Prindle is Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature and resident director of AKP (Associated Kyoto Program) at Colby College, USA. Her many publications include Made in Japan and Other Japanese ""Business Novels"" (1989), Kinj? the Corporate Bouncer and Other Stories from Japanese Business, and Ikk? Shimizu, The Dark Side of Japanese Business: Three """"Industry Novels,"""" all of which she translated and introduced." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |