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Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity

Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Irene González-López (Editor), Michael Smith (Editor)Series:Edinburgh Studies in East Asian FilmPublish date:2019-08-07Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781474431781ISBN-10:147443178XUPC:9781474431781Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, Direction & Production, ReferenceSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCE5NK2X2N
Bringing together a range of Japanese and western scholars, this is the first book in English dedicated to the actress and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Praised as amongst the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, Tanaka's career spanned the industrial development of cinema - from silent to sound, monochrome to colour. Alongside featuring in films by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse and Kurosawa, Tanaka was also the only Japanese woman filmmaker between 1953 and 1962, and her films tackled distinctly feminine topics such as prostitution and breast cancer. Her career overlapped with a transformative period in Japanese history, and this close analysis of her fascinating life and work offers new perspectives, subjectivities and modes of analysis for the classical era of Japanese cinema.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781474431781ISBN-10:147443178XUPC:9781474431781Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, Direction & Production, ReferenceSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCE5NK2X2N

Irene González-López is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Visual and Material Culture Research Centre, Kingston University (London). Irene's research interests are Cinema, Gender Studies, Popular Visual Culture, and Stardom. In addition, she is a translator and has worked with several film festivals in Japan and Europe.

Michael Smith was awarded his PhD from University of Leeds in 2013. His research looked at the representation of women in early postwar Japanese cinema, particularly focusing on how the key political and social issues of the period affected their onscreen portrayal. Michael's main research interests are Classical-era Japanese cinema, women directors and 1990s American independent cinema.


Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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Irene González-López (Editor), Michael Smith (Editor)

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