Through the lens of Akira Kurosawa’s films, Martinez dissects the human tendency to make connections in a pioneering attempt to build a bridge out of diverse materials: the anthropology of Japan, film studies, and postmodern theory.
Table of Content
Setting the Scene Portrait of an Artist as Film-Maker Rashomon: The Problem of Subjectivity Remaking Rashomon: From Subjectivity to ‘the’ Truth The Battle of the Sexes: Or, the One Scenario When Subjectivity is Acceptable Permutations on the Theme of Murder: The Search for Solutions And on Television… A Short Interval The Group Western The Lone Hero Cloning Kurosawa
About the author
D P MARTINEZ is Reader in Anthropology with special reference to Japan at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 225 ● ISBN 9780230621671 ● File size 2.8 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4991698 ● Copy protection Social DRM