<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I'm writing to announce that a new edited volume, <i>Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema</i>, is now available for purchase: paperback ($18.00) and E-book ($17.99).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cup.columbia.edu/book/eco-disasters-in-japanese-cinema/9781952636509__;!!DaRZpAeNFA!YY6wgPYq337Mp2QMqJS61ywZvnyt9Qt9f8c42EcO0emqibwNbE29d449FUU7TdWYVlGh6ool7Z6U3qgO39jJP-FR4sA$" target="_blank">https://cup.columbia.edu/book/eco-disasters-in-japanese-cinema/9781952636509 [cup.columbia.edu]</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">This 17 chapter book, edited by Rachel DiNitto, explores disaster as a powerful means for addressing environmental crises. It is the first volume dedicated to a multi-genre analysis of environmental themes in Japanese cinema. The films examined cover 1954-2020 and include documentaries, monster films, cult films, studio blockbusters, and activist cinema. The chapters highlight important moments in disaster ecocinema, introduce films not well known outside of Japan, and analyze films not previously read through an environmental lens. Chapters are organized under intersecting themes that address the slow and fast violence of local and planetary environmental destruction: toxicscapes, contaminated futures and childhoods, nuclear anxiety and violence, and ruined and apocalyptic landscapes. This volume showcases a range of directors, eras, audiences, and genres and illustrates the profound diversity of Japanese films that feature systemic assaults on the environment.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please join Rachel DiNitto & fellow contributors for the AAS Digital Dialogue<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">November 6, 2024<br>7:00-8:15pm Eastern Time<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.asianstudies.org/jobs-professional-resources/aas-digital-dialogues/book-launch-eco-disasters-in-japanese-cinema/__;!!DaRZpAeNFA!YY6wgPYq337Mp2QMqJS61ywZvnyt9Qt9f8c42EcO0emqibwNbE29d449FUU7TdWYVlGh6ool7Z6U3qgO39jJUE3YX8s$" target="_blank">https://www.asianstudies.org/jobs-professional-resources/aas-digital-dialogues/book-launch-eco-disasters-in-japanese-cinema/ [asianstudies.org]</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Rachel DiNitto will also be presenting on UCSD’s Japan Zoominar<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">October 22, 2024<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">4:000-5:00 Pacific Time<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jfit.ucsd.edu/zoominar/index.html__;!!DaRZpAeNFA!YY6wgPYq337Mp2QMqJS61ywZvnyt9Qt9f8c42EcO0emqibwNbE29d449FUU7TdWYVlGh6ool7Z6U3qgO39jJx9eV_So$" target="_blank">https://jfit.ucsd.edu/zoominar/index.html [jfit.ucsd.edu]</a></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">***<div>Davinder L. Bhowmik (she, her, hers) </div><div>Associate Professor of Modern Japanese </div><div>Literature & Associate Chair</div><div>Department of Asian Languages and Literature</div><div>University of Washington, Seattle</div></div></div></div></div></div>