Japan/America Film Wars: WWII Propaganda and Its Cultural Contexts [Paperback]

Abe Nornes (Author)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Dec 1 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3718605627
ISBN-13: 978-3718605620
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.2 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,130,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The subject is highly innovative; the range of topics is provocative and intriguing. This book is a significant contribution to a needed exchange between Japanese and American film and history scholars.
–Jeanne Thomas Allen of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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With contributions from noted critics and film historians from both countries, The Japan/American Film Wars examines some of the most innovative and disturbing propaganda ever created. It analyzes the conflicting images of these films and their effectiveness in defining public perception of the enemy. It also offers pointed commentary on the power of visual imagery to enhance racial tensions and enforce both positive and negative stereotypes of the Other. In language that is both lively and accessible, the book evaluates the overt and veiled visual messages that influenced public opinion fifty years ago and discovers surprising similarities between these images and those presented during the recent Persian Gulf conflict.
Abé Mark Nornes is an independent critic and a co-ordinator at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan. Fukushima Yukio gradauted from the Law Faculty of Chuo University and was a co-ordinator for the 1991 Yamagata International Doc

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Long ago the documentary film set itself the not very popular task of talking about facts when people were more interested in illusions; of describing social problems which were embarrasing to some and ugly to many; of keeping men's consciences just a little closer to the dreadful grindstone of actuality. Read the first page

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