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Gender and Power in the Japanese Visual Field (Hardcover)

~ Norman Bryson (Editor), Joshua S. Mostow (Editor), Maribeth Graybill (Editor)
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In this, the first collection in English of feminist-oriented research on Japanese art and visual culture, an international group of scholars examines representations of women in a wide range of visual work.

The volume begins with Chino Kaori's now-classic essay "Gender in Japanese Art," which introduced feminist theory to Japanese art. This is followed by a closer look at a famous thirteenth-century battle scroll and the production of bijin (beautiful women) prints within the world of Edo-period advertising. A rare homoerotic picture-book is used to extrapolate the "grammar of desire" as represented in late seventeenth-century Edo.

In the modern period, contributors consider the introduction to Meiji Japan of the Western nude and oil-painting and examine Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) and the role of one of its famous artists. The book then shifts its focus to an examination of paintings produced for the Japanese-sponsored annual salons held in colonial Korea.

The post-war period comes under scrutiny in a study of the novel Woman in the Dunes and its film adaptation. The critical discourse that surrounded women artists of the late twentieth-century--the "Super Girls of Art"--is analyzed, followed by a consideration of gender ambiguity and cross-gender identification in contemporary anime and manga.

About the Author

Joshua S. Mostow teaches Japanese literature and visual culture at the University of British Columbia. Norman Bryson is chair of the Department of History and Theory of Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. Maribeth Graybill is senior curator of Asian art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Contributors: Grunhild Borggreen, Norman Bryson, Chino Kaori, Doris Croissant, Ikeda Shinobu, Kim Hye-shin, Chigusa Kimura-Steven, Joshua S. Mostow, Sharalyn Orbaugh, David Pollack.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (May 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0824825721
  • ISBN-13: 978-0824825720
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
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  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,158,683 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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