In Promiscuous Media, Hikari Hori makes a compelling case that the visual culture of Showa-era Japan articulated urgent issues of modernity rather than serving as a simple expression of nationalism. Hori makes clear that the Japanese cinema of the time was in fact almost wholly built on a foundation of Russian and British film theory as well as American film genres and techniqu...(展开全部)

In Promiscuous Media, Hikari Hori makes a compelling case that the visual culture of Showa-era Japan articulated urgent issues of modernity rather than serving as a simple expression of nationalism. Hori makes clear that the Japanese cinema of the time was in fact almost wholly built on a foundation of Russian and British film theory as well as American film genres and techniqu...(展开全部)

在大陆地区长达二十年的历史中，《良友》经历了从初期迎合国民党政府到后来积极参与抗战同情左翼的过程，但《良友》一开始就是纯粹的民间刊物，政治色彩的转变不过是当时一般民间刊物所共有的一副时髦面具，其真实面貌则比较中庸平实，这只要看它二十的基本不变的栏目设计就可以知道。《良友》后来政治报道对象有所扩大甚或转变，但那仍然是由一种时尚意识所决定的。当然，采访中共著名人士和八路军高级将、报道丁玲的西北战地服务团等等，也表现了一定的左翼立场，不过这在当时也还是一种时尚，并不能简单理解为某种现实的政治倾向。

Writing Technology in Meiji Japan boldly rethinks the origins of modern Japanese language, literature, and visual culture from the perspective of media history. Drawing upon methodological insights by Friedrich Kittler and extensive archival research, Seth Jacobowitz investigates a range of epistemic transformations in the Meiji era (1868–1912), from the rise of communication n...(展开全部)

Writing Technology in Meiji Japan boldly rethinks the origins of modern Japanese language, literature, and visual culture from the perspective of media history. Drawing upon methodological insights by Friedrich Kittler and extensive archival research, Seth Jacobowitz investigates a range of epistemic transformations in the Meiji era (1868–1912), from the rise of communication n...(展开全部)

Writing Technology in Meiji Japan boldly rethinks the origins of modern Japanese language, literature, and visual culture from the perspective of media history. Drawing upon methodological insights by Friedrich Kittler and extensive archival research, Seth Jacobowitz investigates a range of epistemic transformations in the Meiji era (1868–1912), from the rise of communication n...(展开全部)

Almost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell’s "Iconology" helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. Along with his subsequent "Picture Theory" and "What Do Pictures Want?", Mitchell’s now-classic work introduced such ideas as the pictorial turn, the image/picture distinction, the metapicture, and the biopicture. These key...(展开全部)

Almost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell’s "Iconology" helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. Along with his subsequent "Picture Theory" and "What Do Pictures Want?", Mitchell’s now-classic work introduced such ideas as the pictorial turn, the image/picture distinction, the metapicture, and the biopicture. These key...(展开全部)

Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time. The essays address a wide range of topics, including the work of foundational Japanese thinkers; Japanese theories of mediation and the philosophy of media; the connecti...(展开全部)

Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time. The essays address a wide range of topics, including the work of foundational Japanese thinkers; Japanese theories of mediation and the philosophy of media; the connecti...(展开全部)