(3) Moreover, given that all four contributors to this section were trained in North America, it begs the question: is
Japanese cinema studies a Western discipline?
Not exact matches
Thus, together the essays form a discourse based on a specific mode of spectatorship within the
study of
Japanese cinema, while the section as a whole marginalises popular reception of films by ordinary filmgoers.
The volume's twenty essays present different perspectives on
Japanese cinema, the field of
Japanese film
studies, as well as concepts of national
cinema and world
cinema.
Lastly, Nornes is the only contributor who mentions Dudley Andrew, who has been one of the dominant figures in the
study of world
cinema for many decades, including
Japanese cinema.
Kenji Mizoguchi is acknowledged as one of the masters of classic
Japanese cinema, but his films are rarely exhibited or
studied in film courses.