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Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age
Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo, Marciano, Mitsuyo
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Description for Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age
Hardcover. This book deliberates on the role of the transnational in bringing to the mainstream what were formerly marginal Japanese B movie genres. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Digital technology has transformed cinema’s production, distribution, and consumption patterns and pushed contemporary cinema toward increasingly global markets. In the case of Japanese cinema, a once moribund industry has been revitalised as regional genres such as anime and Japanese horror now challenge Hollywood’s pre-eminence in global cinema. In her rigorous investigations of J-horror, personal documentary, anime, and ethnic cinema, Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano deliberates on the role of the transnational in bringing to the mainstream what were formerly marginal B-movie genres. She argues persuasively that convergence culture, which these films represent, constitutes Japan’s response to the variegated flows of global economics and ... Read more
Digital technology has transformed cinema’s production, distribution, and consumption patterns and pushed contemporary cinema toward increasingly global markets. In the case of Japanese cinema, a once moribund industry has been revitalised as regional genres such as anime and Japanese horror now challenge Hollywood’s pre-eminence in global cinema. In her rigorous investigations of J-horror, personal documentary, anime, and ethnic cinema, Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano deliberates on the role of the transnational in bringing to the mainstream what were formerly marginal B-movie genres. She argues persuasively that convergence culture, which these films represent, constitutes Japan’s response to the variegated flows of global economics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824835941
SKU
V9780824835941
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About Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo, Marciano, Mitsuyo
Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano is associate professor of film studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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