<RESEARCH NOTES>An Ethnography of "Traveling Theatres" in Contemporary Japan : A Case Study of a Cinema Promotion Company in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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  • <研究ノート>「出張」する映画 : 現代日本の移動映画のエスノグラフイー
  • 「出張」する映画--現代日本の移動映画のエスノグラフィー
  • シュッチョウ スル エイガ ゲンダイ ニホン ノ イドウ エイガ ノ エスノグラフィー

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The purpose of this study is to analyze how people experienced so-called "traveling theatres (idou-eiga)" in contemporary Japan. For this purpose, I have interviewed members of a cinema promotion company, "Cinema You" in Nagoya city in Aichi prefecture. Also, I worked as a staff at one of the screenings of the traveling theatres. Based on these ethnographic data, the screenings of this company will be investigated. Since traveling theatres are usually regarded as a relic of a bygone age, they have rarely been examined in former cultural studies or media studies. In this study, other important aspects of traveling theatres will be discussed. By focusing on the time and space in which ordinary people watched films, the multiplicity of the meanings of the traveling theatres will be presented.

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