{"product_id":"demon-capital-shanghai-1","title":"Women in Japanese Cinema (Alternative Perspectives), 2016","description":"\u003ch2\u003e504 pages\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTamae Prindle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature and Resident Director of the Associated Kyoto Program at Colby College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy studying Japanese films and their associated literature, Prindle reveals the covert stories of Japanese women versus orthodox history. Fifteen films bring this theme into focus: Imamura Shōhei's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ballad of Narayama\u003c\/em\u003e, Naruse Mikio's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother\u003c\/em\u003e, Idemitsu Mako's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, Kinugasa Teiinousuke's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGate of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, Kurosawa Akira's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Regrets for Our Youth\u003c\/em\u003e, Kuwabata Kagenobu's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove and Lie\u003c\/em\u003e, Toyoda Shirō's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mistress\u003c\/em\u003e, Kumai Kei's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandakan Brothel No. 8\u003c\/em\u003e, Takahashi Banmei's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New Love in Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e, Nishikawa Katsumi's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Dancing Girl in Izu\u003c\/em\u003e, Obayashi Nobuhiko's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChizuko's Younger Sister\u003c\/em\u003e, Ichikawa Jun's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTsugumi\u003c\/em\u003e, Mizoguchi Kenji's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife of Oharu\u003c\/em\u003e, Itami Jūzō's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTampopo\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ishikawa Jun's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrass Fish on a Tree\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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 premodern age, in the World War II period, and in late twentieth-century Japan, and each embraces the three films within the perspective of ecological feminism, sexuality, alienation, illusion, and power-over\/power-to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShedding light on cultural, historical, and\/or ideological backgrounds of the films under study in important new ways, this book breaks new ground in the study of women in Japanese culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 978-0-9832991-4-1 Paperback\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-9832991-5-8 Cloth (N\/A)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merwin:Asia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43651637411953,"sku":null,"price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/6465\/1121\/files\/WomeninJapaneseCinema_LargeWeb2.jpg?v=1784049205","url":"https:\/\/asian.work\/products\/demon-capital-shanghai-1","provider":"American Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}