Time frames : Japanese cinema and the unfolding of history / Scott Nygren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nygren, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Japan--History.

Motion pictures.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Time Frames explores how Japanese film criticism and history has been written before and after Rashomon. Scott Nygren looks at the emergence of video art and anime, highlighting the creative exchange among North American, European, and Asian media. He places Japanese film at the center of this discourse, and, ultimately, reveals its global role as a cultural medium.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Thresholds; 2 Dislocations; 3 Incisions; 4 Kyoto/Venezia; 5 Reconsidering Humanism; 6 International Modernism; 7 Postmodern Networks; EPILOGUE: Next; APPENDIX: Japanese Networked History: A Metachronology of Culturally Significant Events in Relation to Film; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Distribution Information; Index

Notes:

Filmography: p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9797-3

OCLC:

476096201