Persistently postwar: media and the politics of memory in Japan

"From melodramas to experimental documentaries to anime, mass media in Japan constitute a key site in which the nation's social memory is articulated, disseminated, and contested. Through a series of stimulating case studies, this volume examines the political and cultural representations...

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Other Authors: Guarné, Blai (Editor), Lozano-Mendez, Artur (Editor), Martinez, Dolores P. 1957- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn 2019
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Summary:"From melodramas to experimental documentaries to anime, mass media in Japan constitute a key site in which the nation's social memory is articulated, disseminated, and contested. Through a series of stimulating case studies, this volume examines the political and cultural representations of Japan's past, showing how they have reinforced personal and collective narratives while also formulating new cultural meanings, both on a local scale and in the context of transnational media production and consumption. Drawing upon diverse disciplinary insights and methodologies, these studies collectively offer a nuanced account in which mass media functions as much more than a simple ideological tool"--
Physical Description:vi, 198 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781785339592

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