ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|17 pages
The politics of pragmatism and pageantry
selling a national navy at the elite and local level in Japan, 1890–1913
chapter 4|14 pages
Substantiating the nation
terrorist trials as nationalist theatre in early Shōwa Japan
chapter 5|12 pages
Between samurai and carnival
identity, language, music and dance among the Japanese expatriate community in 1930s Brazil
chapter 7|18 pages
Saving for ‘My Own Good and the Good of the Nation'
Economic nationalism in modern Japan
chapter 9|11 pages
English and nationalism in Japan
The role of the intercultural-communication industry