TY - BOOK ID - 136712845 TI - Japanese Transnational Cinema AU - Centeno, Marcos AU - Morita, Nori PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Shakespeare KW - Kurosawa KW - Macbeth KW - films KW - translation KW - transcultural KW - Noh KW - tragedy KW - fate KW - guilt KW - contemporary Japanese cinema KW - cultural blending KW - intertextuality KW - mise en abyme KW - Nobuhiro Suwa KW - transculturality KW - (trans)national cinema KW - national cinema KW - transnational Japanese film KW - taiyōzoku KW - mukokuseki KW - ‘kimono effect’ KW - youth icons KW - postwar film festivals KW - cartoon movie KW - Japan and Spain KW - transnational imagery KW - film studies KW - ideological analysis KW - ideology KW - Japanese cinema KW - nation KW - New Left KW - New Wave KW - Nuberu Bagu KW - Yoshida Kiju KW - Naomi Kawase KW - cinema of place KW - women directors KW - art cinema KW - international film festivals KW - female authorship KW - auteur KW - metamorphosis KW - animation KW - Franz Kafka KW - cinematic picture KW - film aesthetics KW - theory of beauty KW - ikebana KW - kire KW - geidō KW - film philosophy KW - Japanese aesthetics KW - transcultural thinking KW - Ri Koran KW - Li Xianglan KW - Yamaguchi Yoshiko KW - transnationality KW - Japanese Empire KW - propaganda films KW - n/a KW - taiyōzoku KW - 'kimono effect' KW - geidō UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136712845 AB - The aim of this Special Issue lies in expanding contemporary discussions on Japanese Cinema and its transnational aspects by applying new critical methodologies and stances and in revealing the contradictions inherent in the way the old paradigm of ‘National Cinema’ has traditionally been articulated. In order to do so, this publication highlights the limitations of assessing Japanese film as a cinematic phenomenon confined to its national borders. Throughout this issue, the concept of transnationality is not confined to a single definition and is instead used as an analytical framework which allow authors to surpass narrow perspectives that neglect the complex nature of Japanese film in terms of its esthetics, narratives, and theoretical approaches as well as production, consumption, and distribution systems. This volume casts light on the extraordinary international flows of images, stories, iconographies, and theories between Japan and other countries, and assesses the dialectic relationship between two apparently contradictory aspects: external influences and Japanese uniqueness, revealing how ‘uniquely Japanese’ films may ironically contain foreign codes of representation. Thus, the articles presented here bring a more comprehensive understanding of how global cultural flows have shaped local creativity. Some authors adopt additional transnational perspectives, through which they analyse how Japan is represented as ‘other’ from outside and how the rest of the world is represented by Japan, or propose a renewal of film theories on Japanese cinema that have traditionally been dominated by Western writings. Overall, manuscripts included in this publication help the reader to understand different ways in which Japan expands beyond Japanese Cinema and Japanese Cinema expands beyond Japan. ER -