Film and Fashion in Japan, 1923-39: Consuming the 'West'

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Lois Barnett (Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS))

Film and Fashion in Japan, 1923-39

Consuming the 'West'

Lois Barnett (Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS))

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English

Edinburgh University Press
08 November 2023

Oriental art; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; History of fashion; Film theory & criticism

Series: Film and Fashions

The book examines the interaction between the audience member and Japan's film and fashion industries between 1923 and 1939, focusing on Western-inspired fashion objects (as opposed to indigenous Japanese items, such as the kimono). This interdisciplinary book examines the semiotics of dress onscreen within Japan's transcultural media climate, consulting not only film- or fashion-related theoretical bases but also historical and gender-based approaches. The work consults surviving films, print media and advertising materials, allowing insights into lost films and the period's commercial context.

The book discusses the role of fashion consumption in defining emergent modern identities and their relationships with new spaces, questioning their arising in Japan and worldwide. Key areas include the expressive Modern Girl image (the Japanese equivalent of the Hollywood flapper); the relationship between the body and sportswear and hybridised dress styles (which combined Japanese and Western-influenced aesthetics); and menswear in the early work of director Ozu Yasujir.

By: Lois Barnett (Postdoctoral Research Associate School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS))
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781474497701
ISBN 10: 1474497705
Series: Film and Fashions
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Defining, Theorising and Approaching Japanese Film, Fashion and Modernity Part 1 - On Sartoriality and Speaking: ‘Expressive’ Women and Western Attire 1.1 - Fashionable female imagery between media formats: Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Naomi (1924) and the concept of marketable female star ""types"" 1.2 - Sartoriality and Expressivity Pre- and Post- Sound: The Vernacular Voice, The Western-Attired Woman and the City 1.3 - Fashion Commodities Onscreen:the Modern Housewife in Naruse Mikio’s No Blood Relation (Nasanu Naka, 1932) and Masculine Female Attire in Ozu Yasujirō’s Dragnet Girl (Hijōsen no onna, 1933) Part 2 - Sportswear and Hybridity: The National Body and Gender 2.1 - Sportswear and Hybridity: The Middle-Class Housewife as Hybridised Consumer Archetype 2.2 - Women and the Sporting Body 2.3 - Men and the Sporting Body Part 3 - Menswear and the Modern Boy: Ozu Yasujirō and Western Style for Men 3.1 - Historically Contextualising Japanese Male Fashion: Western-style Menswear, the Cinema and Space 3.2 - Opposition to Western-style Menswear and the Desire for ""Authentic"" Japanese Male Commercial Identity Archetypes:Shōchiku’s shōshimin eiga and Ozu’s commercially augmented everyday male life onscreen 3.3 – Was Ozu a ""Modern Boy""? Negotiating Related Sartorial Archetypes Book Conclusion Reference List Filmography

Lois J. E. Barnett is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS).

Reviews for Film and Fashion in Japan, 1923-39: Consuming the 'West'

""This book is a fascinating examination of the market condition for Japanese cinema in a major period of transition. Through detailed historical research it pays attention to the intersection of the film and fashion industries to excavate a vital story of changing sartorial styles and their cultural and social meanings."" -Julian Stringer, University of Nottingham