LEADER 04166nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910459177803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-67918-X 010 $a9786612679186 010 $a0-226-62068-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226620688 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033504 035 $a(EBL)557576 035 $a(OCoLC)648760888 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421504 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327937 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421504 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406460 035 $a(PQKB)10185237 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557576 035 $a(DE-B1597)523848 035 $a(OCoLC)748360683 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226620688 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557576 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402627 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL267918 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033504 100 $a20020124d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms$b[electronic resource] $ethe militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history /$fEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-62090-5 311 $a0-226-62091-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $aWhy did almost one thousand highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's tokkotai (kamikaze) operations near the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? In this fascinating study of the role of symbolism and aesthetics in totalitarian ideology, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney shows how the state manipulated the time-honored Japanese symbol of the cherry blossom to convince people that it was their honor to "die like beautiful falling cherry petals" for the emperor. Drawing on diaries never before published in English, Ohnuki-Tierney describes these young men's agonies and even defiance against the imperial ideology. Passionately devoted to cosmopolitan intellectual traditions, the pilots saw the cherry blossom not in militaristic terms, but as a symbol of the painful beauty and unresolved ambiguities of their tragically brief lives. Using Japan as an example, the author breaks new ground in the understanding of symbolic communication, nationalism, and totalitarian ideologies and their execution. 606 $aKamikaze airplanes 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEducation and the war 606 $aKamikaze pilots 606 $aCollege students$zJapan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKamikaze airplanes. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEducation and the war. 615 0$aKamikaze pilots. 615 0$aCollege students 676 $a940.54/4952/0922 700 $aOhnuki-Tierney$b Emiko$0690276 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459177803321 996 $aKamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms$92028899 997 $aUNINA