{"product_id":"persistently-postwar-media-and-the-politics-of-memory-in-japan-9781785339592","title":"Persistently Postwar: Media and the Politics of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFrom melodramas to experimental documentaries to \u003cem\u003eanime\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 function as much more than a simple ideological tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003ePersistently Postwar \u003cem\u003euses a variety of detailed case studies to demonstrate how the contested legacy of the Asia-Pacific War has helped to shape the artistic and intellectual life of postwar Japan. This thought-provoking and highly readable collection of essays leaves the reader with deep insights into not only depictions of war in Japanese popular culture, but also how the war has affected broader cultural production from yakuza films to the anime industry.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Philip Seaton\u003c\/strong\u003e, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Politics of Media and Memory Representation in Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBlai Guarné, Artur Lozano-Méndez, and Dolores P. Martinez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: WAR’S AFTERMATH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Death of Certainty: Memory, guilt and redemption in \u003cem\u003eIkiru\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDolores P. Martinez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Postwar Narratives and the Avant-garde Documentary: Tokyo 1958 and Furyō Shōnen\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcos Centeno Martín\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Radical Subjectivity as a Counter to Japanese Humanist Cinema: Ōshima Nagisa’s \u003cem\u003eNūberu Bāgu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFerran de Vargas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II:  THE PAST IN THE PRESENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Recreating Memory? The Drama \u003cem\u003eWatashi wa kai ni naritai\u003c\/em\u003e and Its Remakes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGriseldis Kirsch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Myth to Cult: Tragic Heroes, Parody and Gender Politics in the 1960s–1970s ‘Bad Girls’ Cinema of Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaura Treglia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Collective Remorse for the Past: Japanese Film and TV Representations of the 1960s Student Movement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatsuyuki Hidaka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III:  THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Depicting the Persistence of Being Postwar: \u003cem\u003eEden of the East\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eArtur Lozano-Méndez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rethinking Anime in East Asia: Creative Labour in Transnational Production, Or, What Gets Lost in Translation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTomohiro Morisawa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Persistence of Trauma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDolores P. Martinez, Blai Guarné, and Artur Lozano-Méndez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042412396887,"sku":"9781785339592","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785339592.jpg?v=1750954068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/persistently-postwar-media-and-the-politics-of-memory-in-japan-9781785339592","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}