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Author Ko, Mika.

Title Japanese cinema and otherness : nationalism, multiculturalism and the problem of Japaneseness / by Mika Ko
Published London : Routledge, [2010]
©2010

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Description xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction.Defining the period: Japanese cinema and society at the turn of the millennium -- Pt. I Nationalism, multiculturalism and the problem of Japaneseness -- 1.Nihonjinron: The ideology of Japaneseness -- 2.Cosmetic multiculturalism and contemporary Japanese cinema -- Pt. II Okinawa -- 3.Okinawa: Modern history and issues of identity -- 4.Representing Okinawa: Contesting images in Japanese cinema -- Pt. III Zainichi -- 5.Zainichi: History, identities and politics -- 6.Representing the Zainichi: Victim, clown and super-cool hero
Summary "Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others - foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans - in Japanese cinema. By combining textual and contextual analysis, this book analyses the narrative and visual style of films of contemporary Japanese cinema in relation to their social and historical context of production and reception." "Mika Ko considers the ways in which 'multicultural' sentiments have emerged in contemporary Japanese cinema. In this respect, Japanese films may be seen not simply to have 'reflected' more general trends within Japanese society but to have played an active role in constructing and communicating different versions of multiculturalism. In particular, the book is concerned with how representations of 'otherness' in contemporary Japanese cinema may be identified as reinforcing or subverting dominant discourses of 'Japaneseness'. The author of this book also illuminates the ways in which Japanese films have engaged in the dramatisation and elaboration of ideas and attitudes surrounding contemporary Japanese nationalism and multiculturalism." "By locating contemporary Japanese cinema in a social and political context, Japanese Cinema and Otherness makes an original contribution to scholarship on Japanese film study but also to bridging the gap between Japanese studies and film studies."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Minorities in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Japan -- History.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Multiculturalism in motion pictures.
National characteristics, Japanese, in motion pictures.
Other (Philosophy) in motion pictures.
Other (Philosophy) -- Japan.
LC no. 2009018027
ISBN 0415493013 (hbk.)
9780203866719 (ebk.)
9780415493017 (hbk.)