Carol Ota

Relay of Gazes

Representations of Culture in the Japanese Televisual and Cinematic Experience

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Produktbeschreibung

The Relay of Gazes is a demonstration that analysis of a variety of films and television programs is the key to revealing how dramatically Japan's image has evolved in recent decades. The films and programs analyzed include anime of Hayao Miyazaki, travelogue films of German director Wim Wenders, Japanese-American latter-day musical films, and U.S. television coverage of the Kobe earthquake and the Nagano Olympic Winter Games.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780739121252
• ISBN-10: 0739121251
• Artikelnr.: 23041540

Autorenporträt

Carol Ota has a Ph.D. in film and television from the University of California, Los Angeles. This is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Gaze from Within: Part I: Dreamscapes
of Contemporary Japanese Cinema Part II: Liminal Spaces and Allegorical
Quests: Anime of Hayao Miyazaki Chapter 3 The Gaze of the Visitor:
Associative Thinking and "New Sociations" through Diaristic Travel
Narratives Chapter 4 The Gaze from a Distance: False Quests in Contemporary
Cross Cultural Film Musicals Chapter 5 American Televisual Gazes:
Ambivalence and Interconnectedness Chapter 6 Conclusions Chapter 7
Filmography Chapter 8 Supplemental Reading List Chapter 9 Bibliography