Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history /
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Chicago :
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2002.
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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.