{"product_id":"kamikaze-cherry-blossoms-and-nationalisms-the-militarization-of-aesthetics-in-japanese-history-9780226620916","title":"Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History","description":"Why did almost one thousand highly educated \"student soldiers\" volunteer to serve in Japan's \u003ci\u003etokkotai\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-255358\"\u003eEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226620916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226620913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027100\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | World War II | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney\u003c\/b\u003e is the William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of a number of books in English and Japanese, most recently \u003ci\u003eRice as Self: Japanese Identities through Time\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey as Mirror: Symbolic Transformations in Japanese History and Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIllness and Culture in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564615037165,"sku":"9780226620916","price":56.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c5f2c8ee-a239-4ac4-831b-18f5f5dd0b6c.jpg?v=1701853623","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/kamikaze-cherry-blossoms-and-nationalisms-the-militarization-of-aesthetics-in-japanese-history-9780226620916","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}