LEADER 04656nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910789834403321 005 20231023140311.0 010 $a0-8014-6022-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460227 035 $a(CKB)2670000000080885 035 $a(EBL)3137944 035 $a(OCoLC)726824198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291827 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445958 035 $a(PQKB)10525377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137944 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28832 035 $a(DE-B1597)496391 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460227 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137944 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457565 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000080885 100 $a20091021d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScreening enlightenment$b[electronic resource] $eHollywood and the cultural reconstruction of defeated Japan /$fHiroshi Kitamura 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aThe United States in the world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-4599-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Thwarted Ambitions --$tChapter 2. Renewed Intimacies --$tChapter 3. Contested Terrains --$tChapter 4. Corporatist Tensions --$tChapter 5. Fountains of Culture --$tChapter 6. Presenting Culture --$tChapter 7. Seeking Enlightenment. The Culture Elites and American Movies --$tChapter 8. Choosing America. Eiga No tomo and the Making of A New Fan Culture --$tConclusion --$tAppendix --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aDuring the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945-1952), U.S. film studios-in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers-launched an ambitious campaign to extend their power and influence in a historically rich but challenging film market. In this far-reaching "enlightenment campaign," Hollywood studios disseminated more than six hundred films to theaters, earned significant profits, and showcased the American way of life as a political, social, and cultural model for the war-shattered Japanese population. In Screening Enlightenment, Hiroshi Kitamura shows how this expansive attempt at cultural globalization helped transform Japan into one of Hollywood's key markets. He also demonstrates the prominent role American cinema played in the "reeducation" and "reorientation" of the Japanese on behalf of the U.S. government. According to Kitamura, Hollywood achieved widespread results by turning to the support of U.S. government and military authorities, which offered privileged deals to American movies while rigorously controlling Japanese and other cinematic products. The presentation of American ideas and values as an emblem of culture, democracy, and sophistication also allowed the U.S. film industry to expand. However, the studios' efforts would not have been nearly as extensive without the Japanese intermediaries and consumers who interestingly served as the program's best publicists. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from studio memos and official documents of the occupation to publicity materials and Japanese fan magazines, Kitamura shows how many Japanese supported Hollywood and became active agents of Americanization. A truly interdisciplinary book that combines U.S. diplomatic and cultural history, film and media studies, and modern Japanese history, Screening Enlightenment offers new insights into the origins of this unique political and cultural transpacific relationship. 410 0$aUnited States in the world. 606 $aMotion pictures, American$zJapan$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures$xAmerican influences$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zJapan$xHistory$9lat$2NLI 607 $aJapan$xHistory$yAllied occupation, 1945-1952$9lat$2NLI 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$xAmerican influences$9lat$2NLI 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1945-$9lat$2NLI 615 7$aMotion pictures, American 615 7$aMotion pictures$xAmerican influences. 615 7$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/63585204 700 $aKitamura$b Hiroshi$f1971-$01510989 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789834403321 996 $aScreening enlightenment$93744007 997 $aUNINA