Nation and Nationalism in Japan

by Sandra Wilson (Editor)

Overview

Nationalism was one of the most important forces in 20th century Japan. It pervaded almost all aspects of Japanese life, but was a complex phenomenon, frequently changing, and often meaning different things to different people. This book brings together interesting, original new work, by a range of international leading scholars who consider Japanese nationalism in a wide variety of its aspects. Overall, the book provides many new insights and much new thinking on what continues to be a crucially important factor shaping current developments in Japan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415515337
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/2011
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wilson, Sandra

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Rethinking nation and nationalism in Japan, Sandra Wilson; Chapter 2 The politics of pragmatism and pageantry, J. Charles Schencking; Chapter 3 Picturing political space in 1920s and 1930s Japan, Vera Mackie; Chapter 4 Substantiating the nation, Stephen S. Large; Chapter 5 Between samurai and carnival, Stewart Lone; Chapter 6 In a house divided, Elise K. Tipton; Chapter 7 Saving for ‘My Own Good and the Good of the Nation’, Sheldon Garon; Chapter 8 War, commemoration and national identity in modern Japan, 1868–1975, Beatrice Trefalt; Chapter 9 English and nationalism in Japan, Kosaku Yoshino; Chapter 10 Japanese nationalism in comparative perspective, Frank B. Tipton;

Editorial Reviews

'The volume covers a variety of topics from gender and the uses of the female body in propaganda posters to economic nationalism and Japanese naval history, and concentrates on the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century.' - Nations and Nationalism

From the Publisher