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Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline
Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline
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Looks exclusively at high school films as valuable markers of contemporary Japanese culture.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Japanese high school films have emerged as valuable markers of contemporary Japanese culture, offering a unique perspective on the lives of adolescents in Japan. These films, which have gained popularity worldwide, present a distinct style that draws intertextual references from Japanese manga, anime, TV, and other forms of popular entertainment. In this comprehensive book, author Akiko Takeuchi examines the aesthetic markers of youth cultures found in the visual imagery and narrative drives of high school films, demonstrating how they represent an identifiably nostalgic view for Japanese people of all ages.
Uncovers the aesthetic markers of youth cultures found in the visual imagery and narrative drives of high school films.
Demonstrates how Japanese high school films represent an identifiably nostalgic view for Japanese people of all ages.
Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia, and Discipline explores how these contemporary films capture a distinct view of Japanese adolescent life, uncovering significant links with the themes of discipline and institutionalisation that underpin Japanese society. It illustrates how Japanese high school films link directly to manga, anime, TV dramas, and pop music, triggering audience recognition and nostalgia through on-screen use of iconographic images, from school uniforms to rooftop recreational spaces.
This book also identifies universal themes of adolescent romance, friendship, and bullying, and the spatial and temporal changes that affect every student's journey. The casting of already-famous music and fashion celebrities as students or as teachers allows the films to capitalise on cross-generational fandom across Japan's prolific entertainment industries.
For anyone who wants to understand contemporary Japanese culture, Japanese High School Films is essential reading.
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474494625
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