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Enduring The Unendurable: Examining Cultural Trauma In Postwar Japanese Film, Joseph Worstall
Enduring The Unendurable: Examining Cultural Trauma In Postwar Japanese Film, Joseph Worstall
Capstone Showcase
WWII and its aftermath fundamentally changed the collective consciousness of the Japanese people. For the first time in history, and at a tremendous cost, the country was vanquished. By the end of the war, sixty-seven cities had been firebombed, three million people had been killed, and millions more found themselves suffering from poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Most controversially, the USAAF dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—two acts which have been so universally condemned that they’ve never been repeated. For the next seven years, the U.S. armed forces occupied the country and charted its course, effectively operating …
From Screen To Page: Japanese Film As A Historical Document, 1931-1959, Olivia Umphrey
From Screen To Page: Japanese Film As A Historical Document, 1931-1959, Olivia Umphrey
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores to what degree Japanese film accurately reflects the scholarly accounts of Japanese culture and history. It analyzes how four elements of Japanese culture, loyalty, gender roles, foreigners, and the environment, are depicted on screen in films from the 1930s to the 1950s. While there are overt examples and messages regarding loyalty and gender in film, instances of foreigners and the environment are less evident, and in some cases even absent. However, just as much information can be gleaned from their absence. By measuring the scholarly accounts against the films, a conclusion can be drawn regarding the accuracy …
Evolution Of Labor In Japan: A Comparative Study Of Labor Exportation To The Dominican Republic In The 1950s And Remigration Of Nikkeijin From Latin America In The 1990s, Hiroko Ishikawa
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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