Gender And Power in the Japanese Visual Field

In this, the first collection in English of feminist-oriented research on Japanese art & visual culture, an international group of scholars examines representations of women in a wide range of visual work. They focus on how images of women have been used for larger political & social projects in Japan -- whether it be denying samurai power, modernizing Japan, controlling an occupied people, or coping with the anxieties of the cyborg postmodern world. These essays on pop culture, pornography, advertising, & cinema test the boundaries of traditional art history while presenting a variety of perspectives & methods. This volume will be of interest to art historians, feminists, & students of critical & post-colonial theory & postmodernism.