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Author |
: Daisuke Miyao |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2007-03-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0822339692 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822339694 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sessue Hayakawa by : Daisuke Miyao
DIVCritical biography of Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who became a popular silent film star in the U.S., that looks at how Hollywood treated issues of race and nationality in the early twentieth century./div
Author |
: Sesshū Hayakawa |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 1960 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822006974182 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Zen Showed Me the Way ... by : Sesshū Hayakawa
Author |
: Jennifer M. Bean |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2011-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813550725 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813550726 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flickers of Desire by : Jennifer M. Bean
Today, we are so accustomed to consuming the amplified lives of film stars that the origins of the phenomenon may seem inevitable in retrospect. But the conjunction of the terms "movie" and "star" was inconceivable prior to the 1910s. Flickers of Desire explores the emergence of this mass cultural phenomenon, asking how and why a cinema that did not even run screen credits developed so quickly into a venue in which performers became the American film industry's most lucrative mode of product individuation. Contributors chart the rise of American cinema's first galaxy of stars through a variety of archival sources--newspaper columns, popular journals, fan magazines, cartoons, dolls, postcards, scrapbooks, personal letters, limericks, and dances. The iconic status of Charlie Chaplin's little tramp, Mary Pickford's golden curls, Pearl White's daring stunts, or Sessue Hayakawa's expressionless mask reflect the wild diversity of a public's desired ideals, while Theda Bara's seductive turn as the embodiment of feminine evil, George Beban's performance as a sympathetic Italian immigrant, or G. M. Anderson's creation of the heroic cowboy/outlaw character transformed the fantasies that shaped American filmmaking and its vital role in society.
Author |
: Frank Chin |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 532 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0742518523 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780742518520 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Born in the USA by : Frank Chin
A history of the Japanese American saga, this text details the lives of first and second generation Japanese Americans before World War II with images drawn from interviews, songs, novels and newspaper articles.
Author |
: Daniel Bernardi |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 396 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813522765 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813522760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Birth of Whiteness by : Daniel Bernardi
As indelible components of the history of the United States, race and racism have permeated nearly all aspects of life: cultural, economic, political, and social. In this first anthology on race in early cinema, fourteen scholars examine the origins, dynamics, and ramifications of racism and Eurocentrism and the resistance to both during the early years of American motion pictures. Any discussion of racial themes and practices in any arena inevitably begins with the definition of race. Is race an innate and biologically determined "essence" or is it a culturally constructed category? Is the question irrelevant? Perhaps race exists as an ever-changing historical and social formation that, regardless of any standard definition, involves exploitation, degradation, and struggle. In his introduction, Daniel Bernardi writes that "early cinema has been a clear partner in the hegemonic struggle over the meaning of race" and that it was steadfastly aligned with a Eurocentric world view at the expense of those who didn't count as white. The contributors to this work tackle these problems and address such subjects as biological determinism, miscegenation, Manifest Destiny, assimilation, and nativism and their impact on early cinema. Analyses of The Birth of a Nation, Romona, Nanook of the North and Madame Butterfly and the directorial styles of D. W. Griffith, Oscar Micheaux, and Edwin Porter are included in the volume.
Author |
: Karla Rae Fuller |
Publisher |
: Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2010-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814335383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814335381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hollywood Goes Oriental by : Karla Rae Fuller
An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film. In the "classical" Hollywood studio era of the 1930s to the 1960s, many iconic Asian roles were filled by non-Asian actors and some—like Fu Manchu or Charlie Chan—are still familiar today. In Hollywood Goes Oriental: CaucAsian Performance in American Film, Karla Rae Fuller tracks specific cosmetic devices, physical gestures, dramatic cues, and narrative conventions to argue that representations of Oriental identity by Caucasian actors in the studio era offer an archetypal standard. Through this standard, Fuller shed light on the artificial foundations of Hollywood's depictions of race and larger issues of ethnicity and performance. Fuller begins by investigating a range of Hollywood productions, including animated images, B films, and blockbusters, to identify the elaborate make-up practices and distinct performance styles that characterize Hollywood's Oriental. In chapter 2, Fuller focuses on the most well known Oriental archetype, the detective, who incorporates both heroic qualities and darker elements into a complex persona. Moving into the World War II era, Fuller examines the Oriental character as political enemy and cultural outsider in chapter 3, drawing a distinction between the "good" Chinese and the "sinister" Japanese character. In chapter 4, she traces a shift back to a seemingly more benign, erotic, and often comedic depiction of Oriental characters after the war. While Hollywood Goes Oriental primarily focuses on representations of Oriental characters by Caucasian actors, Fuller includes examples of performances by non-Caucasian actors as well. She also delves into the origination, connotations, and repercussions of the loaded term "yellowface," which has been appropriated for many causes. Students, scholars of film, and anyone interested in Asian and cultural studies will appreciate this insightful study.
Author |
: Brian Niiya |
Publisher |
: VNR AG |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0816026807 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816026807 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Japanese American History by : Brian Niiya
Produced under the auspices of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, this comprehensive reference culls information from primary sources--Japanese-language texts and documents, oral histories, and other previously neglected or obscured materials--to document the history and nature of the Japanese American experience as told by the people who lived it. The volume is divided into three major sections: a chronology with some 800 entries; a 400-entry encyclopedia covering people, events, groups, and cultural terms; and an annotated bibliography of major works on Japanese Americans. Includes about 80 bandw illustrations and photographs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author |
: Farran Smith Nehme |
Publisher |
: Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2014-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781468310788 |
ISBN-13 |
: 146831078X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Missing Reels by : Farran Smith Nehme
New York in the late 1980s. Ceinwen Reilly has just moved from Yazoo City, Mississippi, and she’s never going back, minimum wage job (vintage store salesgirl) and shabby apartment (Avenue C walkup) be damned. Who cares about earthly matters when Ceinwen can spend her days and her nights at fading movie houses—and most of the time that’s left trying to look like Jean Harlow? One day, Ceinwen discovers that her downstairs neighbor may have—just possibly—starred in a forgotten silent film that hasn’t been seen for ages. So naturally, it’s time for a quest. She will track down the film, she will impress her neighbor, and she will become a part of movie history: the archivist as ingénue. As she embarks on her grand mission, Ceinwen meets a somewhat bumbling, very charming, 100% English math professor named Matthew, who is as rational as she is dreamy. Together, they will or will not discover the missing reels, will or will not fall in love, and will or will not encounter the obsessives that make up the New York silent film nut underworld. A novel as winning and energetic as the grand Hollywood films that inspired it, Missing Reels is an irresistible, alchemical mix of Nora Ephron and David Nicholls that will charm and delight.
Author |
: Donald Kinney |
Publisher |
: Kinney Brothers Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 2013-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781482018080 |
ISBN-13 |
: 148201808X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Trends: Business and Culture Reports, Book 2 by : Donald Kinney
Trends: Business and Culture Reports, Book 2, by Kinney Brothers Publishing, brings you thirty topical Business Reports that will entertain, inform, and prompt your adult intermediate and advanced students toward lively discussions. Utilizing charts, graphs, puzzles, surveys, discussion activities, and more, these Business Reports invite students to explore and compare cultural, business, and language matters.
Author |
: Robert Kinney |
Publisher |
: Kinney Brothers Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 2013-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781482018110 |
ISBN-13 |
: 148201811X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Trends: Business and Culture Reports, Book 2, Global Color Edition by : Robert Kinney
Trends: Business and Culture Reports, Book 2, brings you thirty topical Business Reports that will entertain, inform, and prompt your adult intermediate and advanced students toward lively discussions. Utilizing charts, graphs, puzzles, surveys, discussion activities, and more, these Business Reports invite students to explore and compare cultural, business, and language matters.