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Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms : the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history

Title
Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms : the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney.
Author
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

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Description
xvii, 411 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index.
Contents
Note on Names, Dates, and Titles of Works -- Pt. 1. The Symbolism of Cherry Blossoms in Pre-Meiji Japan. 1. The Field of Meaning, Images, and Aesthetics -- Pt. 2. The Road to Pro Rege et Patria Mori: Naturalization of Imperial Nationalism. 2. The Emperor's Two Bodies: Sovereignty, Theocracy, and Militarization. 3. The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms: Cherry Blossoms as the Souls of Fallen Soldiers. 4. The Militarization of the Masses -- Pt. 3. The Making of the Tokkotai Pilots. 5. The Tokkotai Operation. 6. Five Tokkotai Pilots -- Pt. 4. Nationalisms, Patriotisms, and the Role of Aesthetics in Meconnaissance. 7. State Nationalism and Naturalization Processes. 8. Patriotism: Global Intellectual Currents as Its Source. 9. The Crooked Timber of the Cherry.
ISBN
  • 0226620905 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226620913 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002001067
OCLC
  • ocm48892404
  • SCSB-4311176
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries