Film Viewing in Postwar Japan, 1945-1968: An Ethnographic Study

by Jennifer Coates

Combining film studies and ethnographic research methods within a memory studies framework, Coates examines the impact of cinema cultures on the everyday lives of viewers.
Film Viewing in Postwar Japan draws from four years of interviews, participant observation, questionnaire surveys, and written communications with over 100 study participants in the Kansai region of Western Japan. This is an in-depth study of memories of cinema-going...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399501038
• ISBN13: 9781399501033
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"