Paradoxical Japaneseness [electronic resource] : Cultural Representation in 21st Century Japanese Cinema /
Dorman, Andrew.author.
This book offers insightful analysis of cultural representation in Japanese cinema of the early 21st century. The impact of transnational production practices on films such as Dolls (2002), Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009), and 13 Assassins (2010) is considered through textual and empirical analysis. The author discusses contradictory forms of cultural representation - cultural concealment and cultural performance - and their relationship to both changing practices in the Japanese film industry and the global film market. Case studies take into account popular genres such as J Horror and jidaigeki period films, as well as the work of renowned filmmakers Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto and Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters, filmography and index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Cultural Specificity and Globalization -- Chapter 2: (Cult)ural Hybridity -- Chapter 3: Concealing Japan in J Horror -- Chapter 4: Utilizing International Film Festivals -- Chapter 5: 21st Century Jidaigeki and Commercial Ownership -- Conclusions .
This book offers insightful analysis of cultural representation in Japanese cinema of the early 21st century. The impact of transnational production practices on films such as Dolls (2002), Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009), and 13 Assassins (2010) is considered through textual and empirical analysis. The author discusses contradictory forms of cultural representation - cultural concealment and cultural performance - and their relationship to both changing practices in the Japanese film industry and the global film market. Case studies take into account popular genres such as J Horror and jidaigeki period films, as well as the work of renowned filmmakers Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto and Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Ethnology-Asia.
Motion pictures-Asia.
Cultural policy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Film genres.
Asian Culture.
Asian Cinema and TV.
Cultural Policy and Politics.
Cultural Theory.
Genre.