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the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1
Part 1: THE SYMBOLISM OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN PRE-MEIJI JAPAN
The Field of Meaning, Images, and Aesthetics 27
Part 2: THE ROAD TO PRO REGE ET PATRIA MORI:
NATURALIZATION OF IMPERIAL NATIONALISM
2 The Emperor's Two Bodies: Sovereignty, Theocracy, and Militarization 61
3 The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms: Cherry Blossoms as the Souls of Fallen Soldiers 102
4 The Militarization of the Masses 125
Part 3: THE MAKING OF THE TOKKOTAI PILOTS
5 The Tokkotai Operation 157
6 Five Tokkotai Pilots 186
Part 4: NATIONALISMS, PATRIOTISMS, AND THE ROLE OF AESTHETICS IN MECONNAISSANCE
7 State Nationalism and Naturalization Processes 245
8 Patriotism: Global Intellectual Currents as Its Source 261
9 The Crooked Timber of the Cherry 279
Summary 299
Appendix: List of Readings by Four Pilots 307.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/4952/0922
Library of Congress
D792.J3 O26 2002, D792.J3O26 2002

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xvii, 411 p. :
Number of pages
411

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OL3551783M
Internet Archive
kamikazecherrybl00ohnu
ISBN 10
0226620905, 0226620913
LCCN
2002001067
OCLC/WorldCat
48892404
Library Thing
547206
Goodreads
3937196
1031834

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