Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Photography's Aura -- 2. Contested Motherhood and Entertainment Film -- 3. The Politics of Japanese Documentary Film -- 4. The Dream of Japanese National Animation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
In Promiscuous Media, Hikari Hori makes a compelling case that the visual culture of Showa-era Japan articulated urgent issues of modernity rather than serving as a simple expression of nationalism. Hori makes clear that the Japanese cinema of the ..
