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The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan
Eric Cazdyn
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Description for The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan
Paperback. Looking at a hundred-year history of film and capitalism, this title theorizes a cultural history that illuminates the spaces where film and the nation transcend their customary borders, where culture and capital crisscross - and in doing so, develops a new way of understanding historical change and transformation in modern Japan and beyond. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 72 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
The Flash of Capital analyzes the links between Japan’s capitalist history and its film history, illuminating what these connections reveal about film culture and everyday life in Japan. Looking at a hundred-year history of film and capitalism, Eric Cazdyn theorizes a cultural history that highlights the spaces where film and the nation transcend their customary borders—where culture and capital crisscross—and, in doing so, develops a new way of understanding historical change and transformation in modern Japan and beyond.
Cazdyn focuses on three key moments of historical contradiction: colonialism, post-war reconstruction, and globalization. Considering great classics of Japanese film, documentaries, works ... Read more
The Flash of Capital analyzes the links between Japan’s capitalist history and its film history, illuminating what these connections reveal about film culture and everyday life in Japan. Looking at a hundred-year history of film and capitalism, Eric Cazdyn theorizes a cultural history that highlights the spaces where film and the nation transcend their customary borders—where culture and capital crisscross—and, in doing so, develops a new way of understanding historical change and transformation in modern Japan and beyond.
Cazdyn focuses on three key moments of historical contradiction: colonialism, post-war reconstruction, and globalization. Considering great classics of Japanese film, documentaries, works ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822329398
SKU
V9780822329398
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About Eric Cazdyn
Eric Cazdyn is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Film, and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan
“Cazdyn’s work is original, unique, and provocative. He asks hard questions, makes surprising connections, and as a result forces us to rethink the relationship of the aesthetic and the social in Japanese modernity.”—Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, author of Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema “This book redesigns the way in which Japanese cinema must be approached, taking into account the ‘longer term’ ... Read more