Coates, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-1481 (2017) Mediating memory: Shōjo and war memory in classical narrative Japanese cinema. Cultural Studies, 32 (1). pp. 105-125. ISSN 0950-2386
Abstract
Considering the impact of the trope of the shōjo, or girl trope in post-war Japanese cinema, this paper argues for the repeated motif as a key factor in the creation of a particular affective economy around the memorialization of war in Japan. I trace the development of the shōjo motif from the post-defeat era through the anti-nuclear films and activist movements of the early 1950s to show how the affect generated by the repeated trope drew real-life events into a persuasive cycle of repetition. The tone of this repeated trope thereby came to dominate the practice of public memorialization of war in Japan. Today’s post-pacifist Japan is informed by these past moments in the memorializing process, which impact on contemporary anti-war and anti-nuclear protests.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Cultural Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2019 11:52 |
Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2019 13:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09502386.2017.1394344 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150341 |