How Long to Read Re-Viewing the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Re-Viewing the Past?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Re-Viewing the Past by Sean D. O’Reilly

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Description

Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan analyzes the complicated relationship between history films, audiences, reviewers and censors in Japan for the critically important years from 1925-1945. First contextualizing the history of the popular “Bakumatsu” period (1853-1868), the moment of Japan's emergence as a modern nation, Sean O'Reilly paves the way for a reinterpretation of Japanese pre and postwar cinema. Setting a film in the Bakumatsu period offered 'cultural breathing room' to both filmmakers and viewers, offering a cinematic space where apolitical entertainment and now-forbidden themes like romance still reigned. Some filmmakers-and viewers-even conceived of these films as being a form of resistance against Japan's growing militarism. As comparisons between the popularity of such films versus that of state-sponsored propaganda films show, audiences responded enthusiastically to these glimmers of resistance. O'Reilly argues that we should turn our attention to the much more popular films of the time that were major hits with audiences in order to understand what resonated with wartime spectators, and to speculate about why this might have been the case. Including clips of these rare films, a so-far neglected area of Japanese film history is now firmly situated in context to offer a thought-provoking, multidisciplinary approach.

How long is Re-Viewing the Past?

Re-Viewing the Past by Sean D. O’Reilly is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Re-Viewing the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Re-Viewing the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Re-Viewing the Past?

Re-Viewing the Past is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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