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Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery and the Ryoanji... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Casting a Giant Shadow: The Transnational Shaping of Israeli Cinema (New Directions in National Cinemas)
by Mary N. Layoun • Yaron Peleg • Yaron Shemer • Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann • Zachary Ingle • Raz Yosef • Boaz Hagin • Yael Munk • Neta Alexander • Ariel M. Sheetrit • Ohad Landesman • Shmulik Duvdevani • Joshua Beaty • Nava Dushi • Pablo Utin • Julie Grimmeisen • Anat DanFilm came to the territory that eventually became Israel not long after the medium was born. Casting a Giant Shadow is a collection of articles that embraces the notion of transnationalism to consider the limits of what is "Israeli" within Israeli cinema. As the State of Israel developed, so did its... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021