Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema

Starting from the perspective that national cinema is not a neutral concept, but rather a film expression with ideological implications, in this article I will argue that what should be analysed in films is not what connects them to certain nations, but with certain ideologies. Rather than claiming...

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Autor: Vargas, Ferran de|||0000-0001-5910-6414
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Film studies
Ideological analysis
Ideology
Japanese cinema
Nation
National cinema
New left
New wave
Nuberu Bagu
Yoshida Kiju
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title Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
spellingShingle Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
Vargas, Ferran de|||0000-0001-5910-6414
Film studies
Ideological analysis
Ideology
Japanese cinema
Nation
National cinema
New left
New wave
Nuberu Bagu
Yoshida Kiju
title_short Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
title_full Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
title_fullStr Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
title_full_unstemmed Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
title_sort Japan's new left and new wave. An ideology's perspective as an alternative to that of national cinema
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vargas, Ferran de|||0000-0001-5910-6414
author Vargas, Ferran de|||0000-0001-5910-6414
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Film studies
Ideological analysis
Ideology
Japanese cinema
Nation
National cinema
New left
New wave
Nuberu Bagu
Yoshida Kiju
topic Film studies
Ideological analysis
Ideology
Japanese cinema
Nation
National cinema
New left
New wave
Nuberu Bagu
Yoshida Kiju
description Starting from the perspective that national cinema is not a neutral concept, but rather a film expression with ideological implications, in this article I will argue that what should be analysed in films is not what connects them to certain nations, but with certain ideologies. Rather than claiming the national nature of a film, it is more accurate to identify for instance elements of a national ideology underlying the film. It can be more enriching to analyse different film trends that are based on their connections with different ideologies, thus stressing their political nature, rather than highlighting cultural or geographical features in order to determine the supposedly natural outline of national cinemas. From this point of view, I consider the Japanese New Wave cinema of the 1960s and early 1970s to be a reflection of Japan's coetaneous New Left ideology. In order to illustrate this political reading of the Japanese New Wave, I focus on the analysis of a paradigmatic film: Eros + Massacre (Erosu purasu Gyakusatsu 1969), directed by Yoshida Kijū
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