About Non-Western Colonialism
Marcin Adamczak
m_adamczak80@wp.plAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-6719
Abstract
The text is a review of Krzysztof Loska’s book W cieniu Imperium Wschodzącego Słońca. Japoński projekt kolonialny i kultura filmowa w Azji Wschodniej [In the Shadow of the Empire of the Rising Sun: Japanese Colonial Project and Film Culture in East Asia] (2022), which offers an in-depth analysis of Japan’s colonial project from the late 19th century till 1945. A prominent role in the project was played by cinema. The strong point of the book is an analysis of the colonial project of a non-Western power trying to subdue communities relatively similar in cultural terms. The book covers the history of the Japanese project in Taiwan, Korea, and China. An additional distinguishing characteristic is the author’s inquiry into the field of memory studies and presentation of how the memory of historical events connected to the colonial project works in contemporary films.
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Japanese cinema, colonialism, politics of memoryReferences
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Marcin Adamczakm_adamczak80@wp.pl
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-6719
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Visiting scholar at Lodz Film School and the University of Gdańsk. Co-founder of the distribution company Velvet Spoon. Author of books: Globalne Hollywood, filmowa Europa i polskie kino po 1989 roku [Global Hollywood, European Cinema, and Polish Film after 1989] (2010), Obok ekranu. Perspektywa badań produkcyjnych a społeczne istnienie filmu [Besides the Screen: Production Studies Perspective and Social Dimensions of Film] (2014), and Kapitały przemysłu filmowego. Hollywood, Europa, Chiny [Capitals of Film Industry: Hollywood, Europe, and China] (2019).
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