H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean Cinema

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Selon JORDAN ANTONY SMITH <oyabaka at ucla.edu>:

>
> Robin,
> Your email has been circulating on the KineJapan listserv.. hope you find
> some good ideas here.
>
> Don't forget EXTREME PRIVATE EROS (???????????) from
> Hara and Kobayashi--great film with a live birth of a mixed-race baby and
> much more.
>
> I have the Oshima film you mention on DVD. I can send it to you if you like.
> If not, look out for some Oshima box sets which are floating around (many are
> Chinese pirate versions, so be careful/ethical, etc.)--or see if you can con
> NYU into springing for it!
>
> See the messages below from others too...
>
> Best,
> Jordan
>
>
>
> On Today 6:32 PM, thomas.lamarre at mcgill.ca wrote:
>
> > Suzuki Seijun's Nikutai no mon (1964) would be very interesting for
> > this project.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/26/09 9:27 PM, "Michael Kerpan" <mekerpan at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > Two films I can think of offhand....
> >
> > Imai's Kiku and Isamu -- focus is on two children of a Japanese mother
> > (now deceased) and a black GI (long ago returned to the US) being brought
> > up by their grandmother.
> >
> > Shinozaki's Not Forgotten -- has a side story about a young half-black
> > boy who is befriended by none of the central characters.
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca>
> > > Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese
> > & Korean Cinema
> > > To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> > > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 8:34 PM
> > > Forwarding this from H-Japan, apropos
> > > the recent discussion on "whitewashing!" Perhaps someone can
> > > write back to Robyn, who may not know of this list.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Melek
> > > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > > From: "H-Japan Editor" <j-edit at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
> > > To: H-JAPAN at H-NET.MSU.EDU
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:00:23 PM GMT -08:00
> > > US/Canada Pacific
> > > Subject: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS,
> > > Japanese & Korean Cinema
> > >
> > > On-line editor: Janet R. Goodwin <jan at cs.csustan.edu>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >     H-JAPAN
> > >
> > >
> > >    August 23, 2009
> > >
> > > From: Robyn Citizen <rc1434 at nyu.edu>
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > My dissertation project concerns the representation of
> > > blackness in
> > > Japanese and Korean cinema - this includes black bodies
> > > (African-Americans
> > > or people of African descent as characters), black
> > > culture/hip-hop
> > > culture, and blackness as a visual or linguistic signifier
> > > of absolute
> > > difference, racial or otherwise (it is my understanding
> > > that in earlier
> > > Japanese cinema people from the South Seas were referred to
> > > as "blacks",
> > > for example).
> > >
> > > While I have a modest list of films which I can use, I'd be
> > > very grateful
> > > for more suggestions of post-WWII movies that touch upon
> > > these topics.
> > >
> > > If anyone knows where I can find a copy of Oshima's "The
> > > Catch" (Japanese
> > > title "Shiiku", 1961) it would also be extremely helpful.
> > >
> > > Thank you for help!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Robyn
> > >
> > > Robyn Citizen
> > > PhD Candidate
> > > Cinema Studies
> > > New York University
> > > alternate e-mail: ladykaede1221 at gmail.com
> > >
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