A Lateral View - Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan

A revealing look at the Japanese through the window of their contemporary culture.

Info autore

Donald Richie has been writing about Japan for over 50 years from his base in Tokyo and is the author of over 40 books and hundreds of essays and reviews. He is widely admired for his incisive film studies on Ozu and Kurosawa, and for his stylish and incisive observations on Japanese culture.

Riassunto

A revealing look at contemporary Japanese culture.

This masterfully written collection of short essays by the acknowledged Western expert on Japanese culture and film spans thirty years and ranges broadly over subjects as diverse as the Noh theater, fashion, television, Tokyo Disneyland, language, the kiss, and, of course, film. Donald Richie's twenty-eight essays present cross-sections of Japan's enormous creative accomplishments during the nation's rise to economic and cultural power.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Richie
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780962813740
• ISBN: 978-0-9628137-4-0
• Pagine: 245
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, ART / Criticism & Theory