[KineJapan] New Publication: The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan

[Eija Niskanen]

Hi! I already promoted your book to Finland National Audiovisual INstitute
library. They usually order all books that their regular customers
recommend. Maybe I could get the PDF as well as reward?
Eija

Eija Niskanen
Programming director
Helsinki Cine Aasia, March 12.-15.2020
www.helsinkicineaasia.fi
+358-50-355 3189



ti 8. jouluk. 2020 klo 19.55 Michael Raine via KineJapan (
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu) kirjoitti:

> Hello Roger,
>
> Thank you so much! Please don't spend your fuel bill on the book though!
> Amsterdam allows open access after a year or two. If you really can't wait
> I could send you a late pdf, sub rosa. I'd be grateful if you could promote
> the book to local libraries!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:52 AM Roger Macy via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Michael and Johan. It sounds terrific and, for me, essential.
>> Thank you for enriching the literature. My winter fuel allowance will just
>> have to be re-prioritised ;>)
>> Roger
>>
>> On Monday, 7 December 2020, 18:11:33 GMT, Michael Raine via KineJapan <
>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Johan Nordström and I are pleased to announce the publication of *The
>> Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan*, an anthology on the
>> transition to sound in Japanese cinema. We're fortunate to have some
>> terrific contributions from established and emerging Japanese scholars of
>> the period. It's expensive but I hope the book can find its way into
>> libraries and some personal collections. I've pasted the table of contents
>> below.
>>
>> The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan
>> Table of Contents
>>
>> Introduction / Michael Raine and Johan Nordström
>> 1. A Genealogy of kouta eiga: Silent Moving Pictures with Sound /
>> Sasagawa Keiko
>> 2. Katsutaro's Trilogy: Popular Song and Film in the Transitional Era
>> from Silent Film to the Talkie / Hosokawa Shuhei
>> 3. Japanese Cinema and the Radio: The Sound Space of Unseen Cinema /
>> Niita Chie
>> 4. Architecture of Sound: The Modernization of Cinematic Space in Japan /
>> Ueda Manabu
>> 5. 'No Interpreter, Full Volume': the Benshi and the Sound Transition in
>> 1930s Japan / Michael Raine
>> 6. The Image of the Modern Talkie Film Studio: Aesthetics and Technology
>> at P.C.L. / Johan Nordström
>> 7. The Dawn of the Talkies in Japan: Mizoguchi Kenji's Hometown / Nagato
>> Yohei
>> 8. The Early talkie frame in Japanese cinema / Itakura Fumiaki
>> Index
>>
>> The publisher's page is at:
>>
>> https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789089647733/the-culture-of-the-sound-image-in-prewar-japan
>> There's a link on that page to a flyer and a pdf of the introductory
>> chapter, which I've also attached to this email. If you know anyone who
>> would be interested, please let them know!
>>
>> The book is available to order at:
>>
>> https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789089647733/the-culture-of-the-sound-image-in-prewar-japan
>> ;
>> and in the US at:
>> http://shop.btpubservices.com/Title/9789089647733.
>> There's a 20% off code that can be used at checkout: Pub_SoundImage.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Michael Raine, Western University, Canada
>> co-editor, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
>>
>>
>>
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