The New Real : Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji / Jonathan E. Abel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2024Copyright date: ©[2023]Description: 1 online resource (360 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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ISBN:
  • 9781452968087
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Contents:
Welcome to the New Real! What Media? -- Which Mimesis? Why Japan? -- Stereomimesis: Stereograph, Panoramic Parallax, and the 3D Printing of Nostalgia -- Schizoasthenic Media: Record, Reappropriation, and Copyright -- Copycat Rivalries: Teleplay, Mask, and Violence -- Interpassive Ecomimesis: Gaming the Real -- Mediated Expressions: Emoji's E-mimesis -- Conclusion. The Real Renewed: Rendering Techno-orientalism.
Summary: "A synthetic history of new media reception in modern and contemporary Japan, The New Real positions mimesis at the heart of the media concept. Considering both mimicry and representation as the core functions of mediation and remediation, it offers a new model for media studies while explaining the deep and ongoing imbrication of Japan in the history of new media"-- Provided by publisher.
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Welcome to the New Real! What Media? -- Which Mimesis? Why Japan? -- Stereomimesis: Stereograph, Panoramic Parallax, and the 3D Printing of Nostalgia -- Schizoasthenic Media: Record, Reappropriation, and Copyright -- Copycat Rivalries: Teleplay, Mask, and Violence -- Interpassive Ecomimesis: Gaming the Real -- Mediated Expressions: Emoji's E-mimesis -- Conclusion. The Real Renewed: Rendering Techno-orientalism.

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"A synthetic history of new media reception in modern and contemporary Japan, The New Real positions mimesis at the heart of the media concept. Considering both mimicry and representation as the core functions of mediation and remediation, it offers a new model for media studies while explaining the deep and ongoing imbrication of Japan in the history of new media"-- Provided by publisher.

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