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Informationen zum Autor Donald Richie (1924-2013) lived in Japan from the mid-1940s until his death and was an internationally recognized expert on Japanese culture and film. His many works include The Inland Sea, The Donald Richie Reader, A Lateral View , and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film , as well as works on the film director Yasujiro Ozu and hundreds of essays and book reviews. Klappentext In this new collection, Richie once again demonstrates his mastery of the essay and his deep knowledge about Japan. Zusammenfassung In this new collection! Richie once again demonstrates his mastery of the essay and his deep knowledge about Japan. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionIIntimacy and Distance: On Being a Foreigner in Japan Japan: A Description Japanese Shapes Japanese Rhythms Japan: Half a Century of Change The Nourishing Void The Coming Collapse of Cultural Internationalization Interpretations of Japan Crossing the Border IIThe Japanese Way of SeeingJapan and the Image Industry Traditional Japanese Design Signs and SymbolsThe Tongue of Fashion Japan the IncongruousPink Box: Inside Japanese Sex ClubsIIIThe Presentational Urge as Theatre Some Loose Pages on Japanese NarrationNotes on the Noh The Kyogen TV: The Presentational ImageOutcast Samurai Dancer Retro DancingIVA Definition of the Japanese Film Some Notes on Life and Death in the Japanese FilmBuddhism and the FilmWomen in Japanese Film The Japanese Eroduction Trains in Japanese Film Subtitling Japanese Films VWasei Eigo: A Beginner's Guide Mizushobai: The Art of Pleasing Car Culture The Window and the Mirror: Some Thoughts on International CultureAn Alternate Way of ThoughtForeign Thoughts on Watching the Passing of a Matsuri Procession My ViewAcknowledgments
