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10%OFFHiroshi Kitamura - Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan - 9781501713620 - V9781501713620
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Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan

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Description for Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan Paperback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 1 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
During the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945-1952), U.S. film studios-in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers-launched an ambitious campaign to extend their power and influence in a historically rich but challenging film market. In this far-reaching enlightenment campaign, Hollywood studios disseminated more than six hundred films to theaters, earned significant profits, and showcased the American way of life as a political, social, and cultural model for the war-shattered Japanese population. In Screening Enlightenment, Hiroshi Kitamura shows how this expansive attempt at cultural globalization helped transform Japan into one of Hollywood's ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
The United States in the World
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501713620
SKU
V9781501713620
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About Hiroshi Kitamura
Hiroshi Kitamura is Associate Professor of History at the College of William and Mary.

Reviews for Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan
Thoroughly researched and carefully crafted, this book provides the first comprehensive study of movie entertainment in post-1945 Japan. As a teenager then living in Tokyo, I remember being deeply impressed with such Hollywood productions as Madame Curie, The Yearling, and Little Women. I am grateful that this book helps me understand how these and other movies were selected for showing ... Read more

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