Persistently Postwar

Media and the Politics of Memory in Japan

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781785339608
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: April 1, 2019
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781785339608
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: April 1, 2019
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

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 function as much more than a simple ideological tool.

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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 function as much more than a simple ideological tool.

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