Film Viewing in Postwar Japan, 1945-1968: An Ethnographic Study

Jennifer Coates

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2022

Film Viewing in Postwar Japan, 1945-1968: An Ethnographic Study

Jennifer Coates

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399501057

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Offers the first ethno-historical study of cinema-going and film viewership in Japan

Introduces an ethno-historical approach to Japanese Film Studies for the first time, in order to bring the rarely-heard voices of everyday viewers into scholarly discourse
Blends ethnographic and film studies approaches to create a new methodology for visually analysing interview material
Contributes scholarship on cinema in the Kansai region and neighbouring areas of Western Japan to extant Tokyo-based and national-level scholarship
Gives an account of regional difference in cinema-going and film-viewing in Japan

Combining film studies and ethnographic research methods within a memory studies framework, Coates examines the impact of cinema cultures on the everyday lives of viewers.

Film Viewing in Postwar Japan draws from four years of interviews, participant observation, questionnaire surveys, and written communications with over 100 study participants in the Kansai region of Western Japan. This is an in-depth study of memories of cinema-going among the generations who regularly attended film theatres between 1945-1968, the peak period of production and cinema attendance in Japan.

Through investigating the role of film viewership, broadly conceived, in the formation of a postwar sense of self, the reader will benefit from rare access to the voices of grass-roots viewers, who often tell a different version of cinema history and its effects than that available in extant scholarship.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Note on the Romanisation of Japanese Words Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Feelings without Words Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1 What Do We Talk About when We Talk About Cinema? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
CHAPTER 2 The Cinema as a Place to Be Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
CHAPTER 3 Times Past and Passing Time at the Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER 4 Stars, Occupiers, Parents and Role Models: Cinema as a Way of Being (Japanese) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
CHAPTER 5 Gender Trouble at the Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
CHAPTER 6 Organised Audiences and Committed Fans: Cinema, Viewership, Activism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
CHAPTER 7 Crafting the Self through Cinema Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Conclusion: Giving an Account of Oneself through Talking About Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Other: 18 B/W illustrations 18 B&W images
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: October 31, 2022
ISBN: 9781399501057